Legal Opinion

Nicholson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 13, 2011No. 1D09-4497Published

1Per curiam

The appellant challenges criminal convictions which were obtained in a joint trial with a codefendant. In this appeal, the appellant contends that there was insufficient evidence to support the convictions for trafficking in hydrocodone, and for possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia. The appellant also contends that the use of a jury instruction with an “and/or” conjunction between his name and the code-fendant’s name was fundamental error. These same issues were addressed by this court in the codefendant’s separate appeal in Nicholson v. State, 38 So.3d 107 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010), where…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Vroom v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010
  2. Smith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997

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