Legal Opinion

TORRES-MATMOROS v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 7, 2010No. 3D08-1530PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WELLS, Judge.

Hector Orlando Torres-Matmoros appeals his convictions and sentences for sexual battery and false imprisonment. The defendant raises four points of error on this appeal: (1) that the testimony of the arresting officer improperly bolstered the credibility of the victim; (2) that the State introduced improper hearsay testimony of the victim through the arresting officer; (3) that, during closing argument, the State improperly shifted the burden of proof to the defendant and made other improper comments; and (4) that the trial court allowed the State to introduce irrelevant,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  2. Brooks v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  3. Penalver v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2006
  4. Mann v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  5. Fleitas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Sweeting v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018
  2. Pineda v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017

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