670 So. 2d 1121 - Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The admission of [high-crime or drug area] evidence does not constitute per se reversible error, however. Rather, the question of whether a statement that a transaction took place in a “high drug area” is unduly prejudicial to a defendant depends on the facts and circumstances associated with each case. Black v. State, 578 So.2d 1102 (Fla. 1991); Gillion v. State, 573 So.2d 810 (Fla.1991); Jefferson v. State, 560 So.2d 1374 (Fla. 5th DCA), review denied, 574 So.2d 141 (Fla.1990).... Courts also consider whether the testimony is being offered to establish a chain of events or whether it is being offered solely to establish bad character or propensity. Dorsey v. State, 639 So.2d 158 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). Such references are also considered by some courts to be less harmful in those cases in which the defendant denies being present during the transaction, since under these circumstances the defendant is less likely to be convicted through “guilt by association.” See Davis v. State, 562 So.2d 443 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990). Where an “isolated characterization of a neighborhood was a brief comment and was not repeated in the remaining testimony or mentioned in closing,” the error has been considered harmless and deemed insufficient to provide a basis for reversal on appeal. Davis, 562 So.2d at 444 .”

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