Legal Opinion

Wilson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 25, 1988No. 86-2485Published

1Opinion of the Court

RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant challenges his conviction of and sentence for sale of cocaine. His first point on appeal argues that his conviction should be reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial because the state was allowed to introduce evidence of an unrelated crime and of appellant’s prior marijuana use. Appellant admits that the evidence went unobjected to at trial, but urges us to find fundamental error.

No citation is needed for the proposition that all errors except fundamental errors are waived on appeal unless timely raised in the trial court. We do not find fundamental…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jenkins v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  2. State v. YostSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
  3. Barker v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  4. Hussey v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  5. Gemme v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987

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