Legal Opinion

Nelms v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 15, 1981No. 80-371PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

COWART, Judge.

This is another case where the trial court, relying on case law overruled in Tascano v. State, 393 So.2d 540 (Fla.1980) (rehearing denied Feb. 27, 1981), did not give a requested instruction on penalties (Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.390(a)) and the point was preserved by proper and timely objection. Bassett v. State, 392 So.2d 1025 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981); Kelly v. State, 389 So.2d 250 (Fla.2d DCA 1980). Appellant was convicted of the offense for which he was on trial. James v. State, 393 So.2d 1138 (Fla.3d DCA 1981). After an examination of all the appeal papers and the entire case, including…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Hoffman v. JonesSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  2. Tascano v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  3. Palmes v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  4. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  5. Campbell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1969

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. NelmsSupreme Court of Florida · 1981

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