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Baist v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
May 21, 1997
696 So. 2d 1212 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

Opinion

Case No. 96-234

Opinion filed May 21, 1997. Rehearing Denied August 6, 1997.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Rodolfo Sorondo, Jr., Judge.

Melodee A. Smith, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Keith S. Kromash, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before COPE and GREEN, J.J., and BARKDULL, Senior Judge.


Jerrie MacDonald Bell Baist appeals her conviction of first degree murder. We affirm.

First, defendant-appellant Baist maintains that the State made improper closing arguments. Most of the complained-of arguments were not objected to, and appear to be proper comments on the evidence in the case. If there was any objectionable argument at all, there is certainly none which rises to the level necessary to constitute fundamental error. With regard to the arguments which were objected to, we find no error in the trial court's rulings.

Second, defendant contends that the trial court erroneously excluded the videotape of her hypnotic regression session with her psychiatric expert. The psychotherapist was allowed to testify fully but the videotape was excluded. We conclude that this ruling was in accordance with Jackson v. State, 648 So.2d 85, 90-91 (Fla. 1994).

The remaining issues are without merit.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Baist v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
May 21, 1997
696 So. 2d 1212 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)
Case details for

Baist v. State

Case Details

Full title:JERRIE MACDONALD BELL BAIST, Appellant, vs. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: May 21, 1997

Citations

696 So. 2d 1212 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)