Laakkonen v. State

I disagree with the majority’s conclusion that Laren Edward Laakkonen did not raise on appeal the issue of whether his conviction is due to be reversed because the trial court in its charge to the jury improperly attributed a prior conviction to Laakkonen that the State failed to prove. In its opinion, this Court holds that, as concerning the use of his prior conviction, in his initial brief on appeal Laakkonen raised only the issue of whether “the State failed to prove his prior conviction after he stated on cross-examination that he could not recall the conviction.” Laakkonen, 21 So.3d at…