Legal Opinion

Pierre v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 14, 1999No. 98-654Published

1Per curiam

Contrary to the appellant’s claim on appeal, the trial evidence amply supports his conviction for premeditated murder. See Wilson v. State, 493 So.2d 1019, 1021, 1022 (Fla.1986); Griffin v. State, 474 So.2d 777, 780 (Fla.1985). Thus, the denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal was not error. We further find that the appellant is es-topped from citing as error on appeal the trial court’s failure to redact all references to a prior arrest from his statement in this case after he exploited this alleged error by making continuous and extensive references to his prior arrest throughout the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Sullivan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
  2. Czubak v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  3. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  4. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  5. Griffin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985

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