Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1987

Kinchen v. State

Kinchen v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided June 10, 1987 · Anstead, Hersey, Only, Stone
508 So. 2d 51; 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1453; 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 8642 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Kinchen v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See State v. Marshall, 476 So.2d 150 (Fla. 1985); Lusk v. State, 446 So.2d 1038 (Fla. 1984); and McCray v. State, 416 So.2d 804 (Fla. 1982). As we recently did in Ciccarelli v. State, 508 So.2d 52 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987), we certify the following as a question of great public importance:

IS IT NECESSARY, IN EVALUATING AN ASSERTION OF HARMLESS ERROR IN A CRIMINAL APPEAL, THAT EACH APPELLATE JUDGE INDEPENDENTLY READ THE COMPLETE TRIAL RECORD?
*52HERSEY, C.J., concurs in result only. ANSTEAD and STONE, JJ., concur.

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