Legal Opinion · Dissent

Louidor v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 25, 2015No. 3D12-3113Published

1DissentEmas, J.

I respectfully dissent because, quite simply, the repeated introduction of the concededly improper, inadmissible and inflammatory interrogation DVD constituted fundamental error, depriving the defendant of a fundamentally fair trial, and there is no sound basis to find otherwise.

Although the majority opinion includes extensive excerpts of the improperly-admitted evidence, it fails to provide all of the improperly-admitted portions played for the jury. I set forth those excerpts below, with emphasis added, and include the portions already set forth in the majority opinion to provide proper…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Castor v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
  2. F.B. v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2003
  3. McLean v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2006
  4. Martinez v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  5. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2012

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