VALDES v. STATE (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Jorge Luis VALDES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D24-1534

Decided: April 23, 2025

Before LOGUE, C.J., and LINDSEY, and BOKOR, JJ.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Shannon Hemmendinger, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Camilo Montoya, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Affirmed. See Johnson v. State, 801 So. 2d 141 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001), rev. denied, 828 So. 2d 387 (Fla. 2002); Wright v. State, 317 So. 3d 237, 241-42 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021) (“In short, we cannot find that any of the errors of which [appellant] complains warrant reversal under either the abuse of discretion or the harmless error analysis ․ While a defendant in a criminal trial is entitled to a fair trial, he or she is not entitled to a perfect trial.”).

PER CURIAM.

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