Legal Opinion

Fernandez v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 1, 1979No. 78-1544PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to commit a felony and grand larceny by staging an automobile accident after which the participants made planned and fraudulent claims. On this appeal, appellant’s main thrust is that the court should have granted his motion for severance because of the holding of the Supreme Court of the United States in Bruton v. U. S., 391 U.S. 123, 88 S.Ct. 1620, 20 L.Ed.2d 476 (1968). Our review of the record in the light of this argument shows that no prejudice resulted to the appellant. See Johnson v. State, 355 So.2d 143 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978); and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Ballard v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
  3. Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
  4. McKissack v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Dixon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

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