Legal Opinion

Boykin v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 8, 1992No. 90-2235PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FARMER, Judge.

From all the contentions of error, we find only one that deserves extended comment, and none that require a reversal.1 Appellant contends that hearsay from a police officer was improper and requires a new trial. He likens the subject testimony to Harris v. State, 544 So.2d 322 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989) (police officer improperly testified that an informant told him that a described person was supplying him with cocaine); Baird v. State, 553 So.2d 187 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989), quashed, 572 So.2d 904 (Fla.1990) (officer’s testimony that he received information that defendant was operating a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Fenelon v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  3. State v. BairdSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  4. State v. LeeSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  5. Harris v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Saintilus v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  2. Kaseta v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016
  3. Kaseta v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016

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