Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 23, 2010No. 4D08-2054PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGerber, J.

The defendant was convicted of one count of first degree felony murder and three counts of armed robbery with a firearm. He argues that the trial court abused its discretion in sustaining the state’s objection to a question which he posed during cross-examination of an accomplice testifying against him. We affirm because the answer to the question was irrelevant.

During the cross-examination, the accomplice testified he was cooperating with the police on other cases. The accomplice further testified he told a detective that another person in the jail confessed to a different first-degree…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Jorquera v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  3. Martino v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Antoine v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  2. Henry v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  3. Rivera v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
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  5. Rivera v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019

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