ARMANDO GONZALEZ A/K/A ARMANDO LESCANO, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (23 total)

• Evans v. State, 177 So. 3d 1219 (Fla. 2015)
  …defendant, noting that these witnesses had known the defendant “for a significant period of time” and had spoken to the defendant in person and over the telephone. State v. Cordia, 564 So. 2d 601, 601-02 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990); see also Hardie v. State, 513 So. 2d 791, 792 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987) (holding that police officers who had prior knowledge and contact with the defendant before the crime at issue could testify as to the defendant’s identity so long as they did not identify themselves as police). In contrast…

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• Israel v. State, 837 So. 2d 381 (Fla. 2002)
  …ied the motion for mistrial and refused the defense’s request to admonish the jury not to consider McComb’s statement, stating it did not want to bring additional attention to this particular matter. [*389] Israel claims, relying on Hardie v. State, 513 So. 2d 791 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987), that McComb’s testimony resulted in an unfair trial because McComb revealed to the jury that Israel had more than one murder charge. In Hardie, the defendant and two other men were charged with grand theft for a “smash and grab”…
• Ruffin v. State, 549 So. 2d 250 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989)
  …f a witness as to the identity of a person seen by him is admissible in all cases where the witness has a previous personal acquaintance with or knowledge of such person, and bases his opinion upon such acquaintance or knowledge.”); Hardie v. State, 513 So. 2d 791 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987), review denied, 520 So. 2d 586 (Fla.1988). This type of lay identification testimony is helpful when a defendant’s physical appearance has allegedly changed since the commission of the crime and the jury is shown a photograph or…

Authorities Cited

• State of Fla. ex rel. Jeffrey Michael Boyd v. Green, 355 So. 2d 789 (Fla. 1978)