Supreme Court of Florida

District court failed to apply the correct harmless error standard, which is whether there is a reasonable possibility that the error affected the verdict, not whether the error necessarily deprived the defendant of a fair trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/11/2003
• Published 12/11/2003

Judges

• PARIENTE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Celia Terenzio, Bureau Chief, West Palm Beach, and Richard Valuntas, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Respondent.