Supreme Court of Florida

In a conviction of defendant for drug related offenses, third district's reversal of the conviction in granting a new trial is quashed and remanded as, when an appellate court is reviewing a bench trial, it should presume that the trial court judge rested its judgment on admissible evidence and disregarded inadmissible evidence, unless the record demonstrates that the presumption is rebutted through a specific finding of admissibility or another statements that demonstrates the trial court relied on the inadmissible evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/21/2010
• Published 10/21/2010

Judges

• LEWIS

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Bill McCollum