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)
  …g it was error to allow a detective to testify that it was Charles who appeared on a surveillance video where the detective had no special familiarity with Charles). In Day v. State, 105 So. 3d 1284, 1286-87 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013), and Hardie v. State, 513 So. 2d 791, 792 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987), the district courts also held that police officers could offer opinions as to whether the defendants were the individuals depicted on video recordings committing crimes where the officers had prior knowledge of or contact w…

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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)