LOWERY V. STATE

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DISPOSED OF. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2001 RICKY LEE LOWERY, Appellant, ** THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. CASE NO. 3D00-1092 ** vs. ** LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 98-28853 ** ** Opinion filed October 17, 2001. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Leonard Glick, Judge. Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Howard K. Blumberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Erin K. Zack, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Before JORGENSON, FLETCHER, and RAMIREZ, JJ. PER CURIAM. The defendant appeals from a final judgment of conviction and sentence for robbery. The trial court properly admitted collateral crime evidence to show the defendant's intent. See § 90.404(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (1999); see also, e.g., Robertson v. State, 780 So. 2d 106, 110-112 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001) (holding that Williams rule "evidence of a threat against a previous partner involving a gun had the purpose of assisting the jury to understand defendant's conduct at the time of the shooting with regard to the defendant's motive and intent and his claim of accident," and was properly admitted). We also reject the appellant's claim that the collateral crime evidence was made a feature of the trial. See Perry v. State, 718 So. 2d 1258 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). Accordingly, the final judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed. Affirmed. -2-

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