Legal Opinion

Valdes v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 5, 2006No. 3D04-2162Published

1Opinion of the Court

SUAREZ, Judge.

The defendant appeals his convictions for fleeing to elude at high speed, leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, resisting an officer without violence, and trespass in a conveyance. We affirm the convictions.

The trial concerned a high speed police chase of a stolen vehicle occupied by the defendant and another man. The only issue at trial was whether the defendant was the driver of the stolen vehicle.

The defendant raises two points on appeal. He argues that testimony describing the passenger in the stolen vehicle that he was driving as a transvestite prostitute…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
  2. Mann v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  3. Blanco v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  4. West v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  5. Nicholson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986

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