Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2010

Roman v. State

Roman v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided July 21, 2010 · Cope, Wells, Shepherd
40 So. 3d 876; 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 10571; 2010 WL 2836332 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Roman v. State

Opinion

*877 WELLS, Judge.

Jesus Roman appeals his conviction for first degree murder, attempted first degree murder with a deadly weapon, two counts of kidnapping with a weapon, two counts of robbery with a firearm, and sexual battery with a deadly weapon. He argues that the trial court abused its discretion in: first, allowing the State to introduce photos that appealed to the jury’s sympathy; second, not permitting the sur-rebuttal of a key witness; and third, failing to grant a mistrial after questions which Roman maintains improperly shifted the burden of proof. Finding no abuse of discretion in any of the trial court’s rulings, we affirm.

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