Legal Opinion

Diaz v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 12, 1982No. 80-1597PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SCHWARTZ, Judge.

On motion of the defendant, who was accused of being the “Bird Road rapist,” eight informations which charged him with separate crimes of sexual battery with the use of a firearm were consolidated for trial. The jury found him guilty of seven. On this appeal from the resulting convictions and consecutive sentences to life imprisonment, Diaz claims error only in the exclusion of evidence that another, allegedly similar 1 criminal offense occurred when he was already in jail. We affirm.

*69It is not necessary to determine in this case whether, as the defendant contends, we should…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Canakaris v. CanakarisSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
  3. Drake v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  4. State v. GarfoleSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Savino v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989

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