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Dicks v. State

Florida Court of Appeals, First District
Nov 24, 2021
No. 1D20-2402 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Nov. 24, 2021)

Opinion

1D20-2402

11-24-2021

Stephen Michael Dicks, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, Megan Lynne Long, Assistant Public Defender, and Kathleen Pafford, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Michael L. Schaub, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Union County. Phillip A. Pena, Judge.

Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, Megan Lynne Long, Assistant Public Defender, and Kathleen Pafford, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Michael L. Schaub, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Boston v. State, 46 Fla.L.Weekly S285 (Fla. Oct. 7, 2021) (recognizing that, where a trial court applies an incorrect standard of proof at a pre-trial Stand Your Ground immunity hearing, such error is cured when the State overcomes defendant's self-defense claim at trial under the heavier burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt); Dennis v. State, 51 So.3d 456, 464 (Fla. 2010) (concluding trial court's error was harmless because there was "no reasonable possibility that the trial court's failure to make a pretrial evidentiary determination regarding Dennis's immunity claim contributed to Dennis's conviction" because the jury rejected Dennis's self-defense claim and "determined that the evidence established beyond a reasonable doubt that Dennis committed the lesser included offense of felony battery.").

WINOKUR, NORDBY, and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Dicks v. State

Florida Court of Appeals, First District
Nov 24, 2021
No. 1D20-2402 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Nov. 24, 2021)
Case details for

Dicks v. State

Case Details

Full title:Stephen Michael Dicks, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

Court:Florida Court of Appeals, First District

Date published: Nov 24, 2021

Citations

No. 1D20-2402 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Nov. 24, 2021)