Pender v. State

This is the second appearance of this case before this court,1 which has been remanded to us for reconsideration in light of the Supreme Court of Florida’s decision in State v. Schopp, 653 So.2d 1016 (Fla.1995)2 that the failure to conduct a Richardson hearing is subject to a harmless error analysis. We affirm the convictions because we find that the discovery violation we identified, the failure to provide a copy of a colposcopic photograph to the defendant, was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.

It was undisputed that the nine-year-old victim in this case had chlamydia, a sexually…