Legal Opinion

Bruce Bernard Strachan v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 29, 2016No. 4D14-123PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtForst, J.

This case comes to us after a jury found Appellant Bruce Strachan guilty of three counts of first-degree murder for which the trial court imposed three consecutive life sentences. We find no merit in any of the arguments raised on appeal. We write to address only three of these arguments; we expressly affirm the other two without further comment.

I. The trial court did not err in allowing the jury to read transcripts of recorded calls made by Appellant.

We note first that Appellant failed to properly preserve his argument related to the jury viewing transcripts of recorded calls because his…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  2. Hudson v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  3. Aills v. BoemiSupreme Court of Florida · 2010
  4. Martinez v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  5. United States v. Gavin Anthony McBeanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by4 opinions

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