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Menna v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jul 25, 2001
792 So. 2d 577 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

Opinion

Case No. 3D99-2631

Opinion filed July 25, 2001.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Ellen L. Leesfield, Judge. Lower Tribunal No. 97-20124.

Jeffrey S. Weiner, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Steven R. Berger, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON and GREEN, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.


Affirmed. See Power v. State, 605 So.2d 856, 861 (Fla. 1992), cert. denied, 507 U.S. 1037 (1993) (holding that ruling on a motion for mistrial is within the sound discretion of the trial court); State v. DiGuilio, 491 So.2d 1129 (Fla. 1986); see also Lopez v. State, 716 So.2d 301 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998) (holding that tape-recorded 911 call admissible as excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule); Pringle v. State, No. 99-1723 (Fla. 3d DCA June 27, 2001) (holding that unless the trial judge clearly erred in denying a peremptory challenge, trial will not be overturned on that ground); Gudinas v. State, 693 So.2d 953 (Fla. 1997) (holding that court properly sustained hearsay objection when the testimony offered by the defendant's witness did not come within any hearsay exception); Brown v. State, 550 So.2d 527, 529 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989) (affirming ruling permitting state to use demonstrative aids in closing argument absent "inaccuracy of the replication sufficient to demonstrate error").

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Menna v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jul 25, 2001
792 So. 2d 577 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)
Case details for

Menna v. State

Case Details

Full title:JORGE MENNA, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jul 25, 2001

Citations

792 So. 2d 577 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)