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Garcia v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Apr 12, 1995
652 So. 2d 987 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

Opinion

No. 94-497.

April 12, 1995.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Thomas M. Carney, Judge.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Clayton R. Kaeiser, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Sylvie Perez Posner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HUBBART, JORGENSON and GREEN, JJ.


Appellant appeals his conviction for three counts of armed kidnapping, two counts of armed robbery, armed burglary and aggravated assault on two grounds.

We find no merit to appellant's first point on appeal. As to the remaining ground, we agree that the unsolicited testimony by a police officer that a non-testifying codefendant had identified the defendant as being involved in the criminal episodes was error, but we find that it was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt in light of the other overwhelming evidence of guilt introduced at the trial. State v. DiGuilio, 491 So.2d 1129 (Fla. 1986).

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Garcia v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Apr 12, 1995
652 So. 2d 987 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)
Case details for

Garcia v. State

Case Details

Full title:OSVALDO GARCIA, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Apr 12, 1995

Citations

652 So. 2d 987 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)