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Matthews v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Nov 22, 1995
663 So. 2d 9 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

Opinion

No. 95-126.

November 22, 1995.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Amy Steele Donner, Judge.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Craig J. Trocino, Special Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Angelica D. Zayas and Avi J. Litwin, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.


Upon consideration of the entire record, which contains overwhelming and essentially unrebutted evidence of the defendant's guilt, we conclude that the undoubted errors involving the prosecutor's final argument and the admission of evidence were harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. DiGuilio, 491 So.2d 1129 (Fla. 1986). Hence, the convictions are affirmed. As the state concedes, the defendant was improperly sentenced to a concurrent twelve-year term for possession of cocaine; on remand, that sentence shall be reduced to the statutory maximum of a five-year concurrent sentence. §§ 775.082(3)(d), 893.13(1)(f), Fla. Stat. (1991). The sentences are otherwise also affirmed.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part.


Summaries of

Matthews v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Nov 22, 1995
663 So. 2d 9 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)
Case details for

Matthews v. State

Case Details

Full title:DON MATTHEWS, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Nov 22, 1995

Citations

663 So. 2d 9 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)