Yearty v. State
Yearty v. State
Opinion of the Court
The defendant appeals his conviction for shooting into a building in violation of Section 790.19, Florida Statutes (1975). The only issue raised is whether the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to suppress. We hold that the defendant failed to meet his burden of showing that the error complained of injuriously affected his substantial rights.
The defendant pled not guilty. After a jury was empaneled the defendant filed a written motion to suppress. The trial court, out of the presence of the jury, held a suppression hearing and denied the motion. The trial then proceeded and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The defendant provided us with a transcript of the suppression hearing, but failed to give us a transcript of the trial.
Even if we were to conclude that the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to suppress, without the trial transcript we cannot be sure, and cannot presume, that the error injuriously affected the substantial rights of the defendant.
AFFIRMED.
. Section 924.33, Florida Statutes (1975), provides:
No judgment shall be reversed unless the appellate court is of the opinion, after an examination of all the appeal papers, that error was committed that injuriously affected the substantial rights of the appellant. It shall not be presumed that error injuriously affected the substantial rights of the appellant.
070rehearing
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
Apellant contends that his attorney and the attorney for the State, prior to the preparation of the record-on-appeal, orally agreed between themselves that a transcript of the trial proceedings was not ne-cesary for this appeal, that the State would accept the statement of facts as set out in appellant’s brief, and that the State would not raise the issue of “harmless” error. This court was not advised. Appellant now seeks a rehearing and an opportunity to supplement the record. We deny rehearing because, even accepting the facts as set out in appellant’s brief, we find that the trial court did not err in denying appellant’s motion to suppress.
REHEARING DENIED.
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