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Reid v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Feb 27, 2002
807 So. 2d 803 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

Opinion

Case No. 3D00-2969

Opinion filed February 27, 2002.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Martin D. Kahn, Judge. Lower Tribunal No. 97-38314.

Clayton R. Kaeiser, Miami, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Paulette R. Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

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


Norman Alexander Reid appeals his conviction for first degree murder and other offenses. Assuming for present purposes that defendant-appellant Reid was asked a cross-examination question which impermissibly revealed a prior bad act, the motion for mistrial was properly denied. The matter could reasonably have been addressed by a curative instruction, which the trial court offered. See Sullivan v. State, 303 So.2d 632, 635 (Fla. 1974). More to the point, any possible harm to the defendant was dispelled by the defense cross-examination of the defendant's girlfriend regarding the prior bad act.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Reid v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Feb 27, 2002
807 So. 2d 803 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)
Case details for

Reid v. State

Case Details

Full title:NORMAN ALEXANDER REID, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Feb 27, 2002

Citations

807 So. 2d 803 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)