Case Name: Curtis MILLER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-12-01
Citations: 748 So. 2d 327
Docket Number: No. 99-444
Parties: Curtis MILLER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, LEVY and GERSTEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 748
Pages: 327–328

Head Matter:
Curtis MILLER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 99-444.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 1, 1999.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Godfrey, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Jill K. Traina, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before COPE, LEVY and GERSTEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We entirely agree with the trial court that the similar fact evidence of other crimes committed by defendant-appellant Curtis Miller was admissible to prove identity, plan, and modus operandi. See § 90.404(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (1997); Mazepa v. State, 439 So.2d 1029, 1031 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983). The defendant's two prior crimes directed against elderly victims were quite similar to the present case and the evidence of those prior crimes was admissible to explain the defendant's method of operation, as well as his motive and intent, in obtaining entry into this elderly victim's home under false pretenses. The defendant's convictions for burglary and falsely impersonating a law enforcement officer are affirmed.