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Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
May 15, 1969
222 So. 2d 428 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1969)

Opinion

No. 2427.

May 15, 1969.

Appeal from the Court of Record, Broward County, Raymond J. Hare, J.

Philip S. Shailer, Public Defender, and Richard A. Bird, Asst. Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and J. Terrell Williams, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


The defendant-appellant raises on appeal matters not contained in the record on appeal pertaining to evidence that was allegedly not disclosed by the prosecution during the time of the trial. Under the authority of McMann v. State, Fla. 1951, 55 So.2d 538, and Johnson v. Town of Eatonville, Fla.App. 1967, 203 So.2d 664, we are barred from reviewing any matter on appeal that is not made a part of the record on appeal. It would be completely improper for an appellate court to retry criminal cases on the appellate level from matters outside the record on appeal and we adhere to the established practice of review of matters only contained as part of the record.

Affirmed.

WALDEN, C.J., and CROSS and McCAIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
May 15, 1969
222 So. 2d 428 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1969)
Case details for

Williams v. State

Case Details

Full title:CHARLES WILLIAMS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: May 15, 1969

Citations

222 So. 2d 428 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1969)

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