Delestre v. State

Delestre timely appeals his convictions for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of heroin. He contends that the trial court committed fundamental error by denying the jury’s request to receive a transcript of the trial testimony without informing the jury of its right to seek a read-back of trial testimony. We affirm.

The record reflects that during its deliberations, the jury requested transcripts of “all the testimony.” With the agreement of both the State and the defense, the trial court advised the jury that it “was not going to have all the testimony read back but…