Smith v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
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…
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