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Hamilton v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Dec 12, 1989
554 So. 2d 15 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

Opinion

No. 88-2965.

December 12, 1989.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Richard J. Fowler, Judge.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Thomas F. Nealon III, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Julie S. Thornton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and COPE, JJ.


Neither of the issues presented on appeal, the failure to give an instruction on the intoxication defense and the state's pursuit of an allegedly prejudicial line of testimony and argument, was preserved in any respect below. Since we find that these grounds do not involve fundamental error, see Ray v. State, 403 So.2d 956 (Fla. 1981); Wasko v. State, 505 So.2d 1314 (Fla. 1987), reversal may not be predicated upon them.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Hamilton v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Dec 12, 1989
554 So. 2d 15 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)
Case details for

Hamilton v. State

Case Details

Full title:DOUGLAS C. HAMILTON, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Dec 12, 1989

Citations

554 So. 2d 15 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)