Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2002

Lewis v. State

Lewis v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 7, 2002 · Cope, Green, Levy
823 So. 2d 260; 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 11406; 2002 WL 1800976 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Lewis v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Jaumon Ramar Lewis appeals his conviction for aggravated assault and resisting an officer without violence. With regard to the challenged juror, when the pertinent voir dire is read in context, we do not think that the juror impermissibly placed a burden on the defendant to introduce evidence. See Gore v. State, 706 So.2d 1328, 1332 (Fla. 1997).

On cross-examination of the arresting officer, the arresting officer should have been allowed to testify about whether the crime scene technicians performed a gunshot residue test on defendant-appellant Lewis. See Jones v. State, 399 So.2d 67, 68 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981). In view of the other evidence in the case, however, we conclude that the error was harmless be*261yond a reasonable doubt. State v. DiGuilio, 491 So.2d 1129, 1138 (Fla. 1986).

Affirmed.

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