Legal Opinion

Boshears v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 15, 1979No. LL-311PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Per curiam

We affirm the judgment against appellant for sexual battery of a child under the age of eleven years, finding his two substantive points to be without merit. First, the trial court did not err in failing to grant a mistrial simply because two of the potential jury members stated in voir dire that they had been rape victims. Stevens v. State, 251 So.2d 565 (Fla. 1st DCA 1971). Second, the court did not err in restricting certain discovery and cross-examination of the victim because there was no showing that the excluded matter had any relevance to the disputed issues in the trial or to the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Stevens v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971
  2. Lombardi v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
  3. Jenkins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
  4. Randall v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Pulido v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  2. Boshears v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  3. Jackson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982

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