STEVEN KENNETH KAISER
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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The trial court's ruling on the motion to suppress is affirmed, with the appellate court applying the presumption that the trial court's ruling is correct and interpreting evidence most favorably to sustain it. Any error in imposing a habitual felony offender designation was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
[1] A trial court's ruling on a motion to suppress is presumed correct on appeal, and the appellate court must interpret the evidence and reasonable inferences derived theref…
[2] The trial court is responsible for making credibility determinations and weighing evidence in suppression hearings.
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Steven Kenneth Kaiser appealed from a circuit court ruling in Charlotte County. The appeal involved a motion to suppress and issues regarding a habitu…
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SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 6D2024-0559 Lower Tribunal No. 22-CF-1921
STEVEN KENNETH KAISER, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Charlotte County. Lisa S. Porter, Judge.
April 2, 2026
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Knox v. State, 296 So. 3d 989, 993 (Fla. 1st DCA 2020) ("A trial court's ruling on a motion to suppress is presumed correct, and we must interpret the evidence and reasonable inferences derived therefrom in a manner most favorable to sustaining the trial court's ruling. It is for the trial court to make credibility determinations and to weigh the evidence." (citing State v. Dickey, 203 So. 3d 958, 961 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016))); Avalos v. State, 419 So. 3d 299, 300 (Fla. 6th DCA 2025) (“From our review, the record demonstrates beyond a reasonable
doubt that a rational jury would have found the requisite facts for imposing a habitual felony offender designation and that, therefore, any error is harmless.").
TRAVER, C.J., and MIZE and PRATT, JJ., concur. Blair Allen, Public Defender, and Pamela H. Izakowitz, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Helene S. Parnes, Manager II Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED
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