Brandon Thorne v. State of Florida

BOORAS, TED, Associate Judge.

Appellant, Brandon Thorne, was acquitted of first degree murder and robbery with a weapon while wearing a mask, but was found guilty of being an accessory after the fact to these crimes. Appellant argues that the trial judge committed fundamental error when he gave the jury a laptop with videos of appellant’s statements to review in the jury room during deliberations, without being present during the jury’s playback of the statements. We disagree and affirm.

A trial court’s determination on whether to permit the jury to take materials into the jury room is reviewed…