Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1996

Sweeting v. State

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided July 17, 1996 · Cope, Green, Jorgenson

676 So. 2d 531; 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 7617; 1996 WL 397274 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion of the Court

' PER CURIAM.

We find the claimed error to be harmless in light of the other overwhelming evidence of guilt which included a valid confession by the defendant. State v. DiGuilio, 491 So.2d 1129, 1139 (Fla. 1986).

Affirmed.

JORGENSON and GREEN, JJ., concur.

Concurring Opinion

COPE, Judge

(specially concurring).

I concur in affirming the convictions. The defendant opened the door to the testimony he now complains about, and the trial court had the discretion to allow the State some latitude to explore the issue on redirect examination. In my view there was no eviden-tiary error.

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