Nathaniel Brown, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee. (2026)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Nathaniel Brown, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D25-0399

Decided: March 31, 2026

Before SCALES, C.J., and EMAS and MILLER, JJ.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Jennifer Thornton, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Ivy R. Ginsberg, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Affirmed. See Guzman v. State, 214 So. 3d 625, 632 (Fla. 2017) (holding that a ruling on a motion for mistrial is reviewed for an abuse of discretion); Ward v. State, 306 So. 3d 1004, 1007 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020) (“The trial court should not grant a motion for mistrial merely because an error is prejudicial. Rather, the lower court should grant a mistrial only when ‘an error is so prejudicial as to vitiate the entire trial[.]’ ” (citation omitted) (quoting Jennings v. State, 124 So. 3d 257, 265 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013))); Granados v. State, 199 So. 3d 384, 389 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016) (holding that, once a defendant takes the stand and his credibility becomes an issue at trial, the State can expose contradictions and improbabilities in his testimony).

PER CURIAM.

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