Legal Opinion

Norfleet v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 27, 2017No. CASE NO. 1D16-1632Published

1Per curiam

Appellant raises four issues in this direct criminal appeal. We affirm issues I, II, and IV without discussion, and we affirm issue III based on Norfleet v. State, Case No. 1D16-1971 (Fla. 1st DCA June 27, 2017), and Mitchell v. State, 207 So.3d 369 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016), because the trial court’s declaration in front of the jury that certain state witnesses were “experts” did not rise to the level of fundamental error1 in this case,

AFFIRMED.

WETHERELL, RAY, and MAKAR, JJ., CONCUR.. We reject Appellant's contention that defense counsel’s objection to the prosecutor's tender of Dr. Pena as an…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Steinhorst v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  2. Harrell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2005
  3. Edwards J. Mitchell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016

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