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Rutter v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 27, 1997
698 So. 2d 1304 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

Opinion

Case No. 95-3712

Opinion filed August 27, 1997. Rehearing Denied October 7, 1997.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Susan Lebow, Judge; L.T. Case No. 92-17178CF 10A.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Margaret Good-Earnest, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carol Cobourn Asbury, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


We affirm. The trial court did not err when it denied appellant's request for additional peremptory challenges after it denied his challenges of four jurors for cause. See Farina v. State, 679 So.2d 1151 (Fla. 1996). The admission of witness Marian Demario's testimony constituted, at most, harmless error in light of the cumulative evidence presented at trial. See Huess v. State, 660 So.2d 1052, 1057 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995), approved, 687 So.2d 823 (Fla. 1996). Finally, appellant's argument that the trial court erred in admitting statements by the victims is without merit. See Denny v. State, 617 So.2d 323, 325 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993).

AFFIRMED.

DELL, STEVENSON, JJ. and MUIR, CELESTE H., Associate Judge, concur.


Summaries of

Rutter v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 27, 1997
698 So. 2d 1304 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)
Case details for

Rutter v. State

Case Details

Full title:TERRANCE RUTTER, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Aug 27, 1997

Citations

698 So. 2d 1304 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)