L.X.A., a juvenile, Appellant, v. STATE (2024)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

L.X.A., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D23-1566

Decided: June 26, 2024

Before SCALES, LINDSEY and LOBREE, JJ.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Jennifer Thornton, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Affirmed. See Griffin v. State, 639 So. 2d 966, 968 (Fla. 1994) (“[E]vidence of uncharged crimes which are inseparable from the crime charged, or evidence which is inextricably intertwined with the crime charged, is ․ admissible under section 90.402 [of the Florida Statutes] because ‘it is a relevant and inseparable part of the act which is in issue ․ [I]t is necessary to admit the evidence to adequately describe the deed.’ ”) (quoting Charles W. Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence § 404.17 (1993 ed.)); see also Beckman v. State, 230 So. 3d 77, 84 (Fla. 3d DCA (2017) (“Evidence is inextricably intertwined if the evidence is necessary to (1) ‘adequately describe the deed[ ];’ (2) provide an intelligent account of the crime(s) charged; (3) establish the entire context out of which the charged crime(s) arose; or (4) adequately describe the events leading up to the charged crime(s).”) (quoting Dorsett v. State, 944 So. 2d 1207, 1213 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) (en banc)).

PER CURIAM.

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