Jefferson v. State

Debra A. Jefferson brings this direct appeal from her convictions on two counts of child abuse in violation of section 827.03(1), Florida Statutes (1999), and one count of aggravated child abuse in violation of section 827.03(2), Florida Statutes (1999). We write to address only her contention that the trial court should not have let the jury see a videotape depicting the offenses, and affirm the convictions.

We find no error in allowing in evidence a copy of a “time lapse” videotape over the objection that fewer frames per second in the original videotape (than standard videotaping entails)…