Case Name: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Frank KRUSE, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-03-19
Citations: 507 So. 2d 588
Docket Number: No. 68666
Parties: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Frank KRUSE, Respondent.
Judges: McDonald, c.j., overton, EHRLICH, SHAW and BARKETT, JJ., and ADKINS, J. (Ret.), concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 507
Pages: 588–588

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Frank KRUSE, Respondent.
No. 68666.
Supreme Court of Florida.
March 19, 1987.
Robert A. Butterworth, Jr., Atty. Gen., and Richard G. Bartmon, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Gwendolyn Spivey, Tallahassee, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We originally accepted jurisdiction to resolve the narrow issue of whether an arrest subsequent to the date of an offense on trial may be used to impeach character testimony, as distinguished from testimony concerning truth and veracity. Holding subsequent arrests are inadmissible, the district court's decision is consistent with Greenfield v. State, 336 So.2d 1205 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976), and conflicts with no other case on this issue. Accordingly, we find no jurisdictional bgsis and dismiss the petition as improvidently granted.
It is so ordered.
McDonald, c.j., overton, EHRLICH, SHAW and BARKETT, JJ., and ADKINS, J. (Ret.), concur.