Legal Opinion

Laboo v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 27, 1998No. 97-2128PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

Wiley Laboo appeals his convictions for workers’ compensation fraud, grand theft and perjury. Because the three issues he raises were not preserved for appeal and do not constitute fundamental error, we affirm.

Appellant complains of a number of improper prosecutorial comments made during closing argument in rebuttal to defense counsel’s initial closing argument. He concedes that no objections to these comments were raised below, but he asserts that the comments constitute fundamental error. Reversal is not warranted unless “the error committed was so prejudicial as to vitiate the entire…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. State v. DelvaSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  3. M.P. v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
  4. Pacifico v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  5. Street v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ingram v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

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