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Lane v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
May 10, 1983
430 So. 2d 989 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

Opinion

No. 82-2202.

May 10, 1983.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Joseph P. Farina, J.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Beth C. Weitzner, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Paul Mendelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and NESBITT, JJ.


We find no merit in either of Lane's contentions on appeal from his armed robbery conviction. First, while some evidence that the car he was found driving several days after the robbery belonged to the victim was incorrectly admitted hearsay, Postell v. State, 398 So.2d 851 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), rev. denied, 411 So.2d 384 (Fla. 1981), the error was completely harmless in the light of other overwhelming, concededly accurate, admissible evidence that this was true. Harris v. State, 414 So.2d 242 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Culberson v. State, 210 So.2d 248 (Fla. 2d DCA 1968), cert. denied, 218 So.2d 171 (Fla. 1968). Second, we do not find that the asserted improprieties in the prosecutor's final argument require a new trial. Nelson v. State, 416 So.2d 899 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982); Williams v. State, 425 So.2d 591 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982).

The prosecutor asserted the contrary under an apparently-self-created but hitherto and hereafter unknown "BOLO exception" to the hearsay rule.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Lane v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
May 10, 1983
430 So. 2d 989 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)
Case details for

Lane v. State

Case Details

Full title:MICHAEL LANE, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: May 10, 1983

Citations

430 So. 2d 989 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

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