Lucien D. Dort v. State of Florida

Lucien Dort was charged by indictment with murder in the first degree with a firearm and conspiracy to commit murder. A jury found him guilty as charged on both counts. He appeals his convictions, raising two grounds for reversal: (1) exclusion of a co-defendant’s statement to the prosecutor concerning events surrounding the murder, and (2) admission of testimony-regarding appellant’s ownership of a gun. We affirm as to both issues, but write to address exclusion of the co-defendant’s statements. We find no abuse of discretion in the trial court’s ruling that these statements were not…