Dixon v. State

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Despite the fact that his counsel had unsuccessfully requested that the bill of particulars be transmitted to the jury when it first retired, the defendant now claims the right to a new trial because the lower court in fact submitted the particulars to the jury at its request after its deliberations had begun. Citing the now-familiar authority of Ivory v. State, 351 So.2d 26 (Fla.1977), see Curtis v. State, 480 So.2d 1277 (Fla.1985), Dixon bases his contention on the fact that neither he nor, more important, his counsel was notified of this action before it occurred.…