District Court of Appeal of Florida

Convictions for second degree murder with a weapon, grand theft, and uttering a forgery are affirmed over claims that the trial court erred: 1) in denying a Nelson challenge; 2) in rejecting a peremptory challenge to a juror; 3) in denying a motion for mistrial based upon improper impeachment of defendant's character; and 4) by allowing the jury to convict him of an enhanced felony without finding the use of a weapon element beyond a reasonable doubt.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/25/2006
• Published 10/25/2006

Judges

• WARNER, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi L. Bettendorf, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.