La Rocca v. State

401 So.2d 866 (1981)

Joseph Alphonso LA ROCCA, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 80-608.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 14, 1981.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and John H. Lipinski, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Calianne P. Lantz, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ., and EZELL, BOYCE F., Jr. (Ret.), Associate Judge.

FERGUSON, Judge.

In his appeal from a jury conviction of first degree murder, Joseph La Rocca raises several issues on appeal, two of which merit discussion.

First, La Rocca…