IN THE INTEREST OF R.F., A CHILD

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Cited By

• N.H.M. v. State, 974 So. 2d 484 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008)
  …on [the victim] with the intent to unlawfully, by force, violence, assault or putting in fear, take away from the person or custody of [the victim] certain property[.]’ ” Ross v. State, 373 So. 2d 41, 41 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979); see also Baker v. State, 578 So. 2d 37, 39 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991) (stating “[t]he information in the instant case adequately alleged that appellant intentionally caused bodily harm to another,” thus supporting conviction for battery as a lesser-included offense to strong-arm robbery). In l…
• Sandoval v. State, 689 So. 2d 1258 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997)
  …we agree with Sandoval that the argument was irrelevant and amounted to improper argument concerning the interest of the people of Florida to be safe in their environment, see Kirtsey v. State, 649 So. 2d 946, 947 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995); Baker v. State, 578 So. 2d 37, 39 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991); Wingate v. State, 232 So. 2d 44 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 237 So. 2d 764 (Fla.1970), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 994, 91 S.Ct. 467, 27 L.Ed.2d 443 (1971), and to an inappropriate request that the jury “send the community a mes…
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Laliberte, 52 So. 3d 31 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010)
  …mistrial, we review this issue under an abuse of discretion standard. See Goodwin v. State, 751 So. 2d 537, 546 (Fla.1999). Under that standard, inadvertent and adequately-cured comments by a judge are not grounds for a mistrial. See Baker v. State, 578 So. 2d 37, 38 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991). The record before us reveals the trial court’s reference to a “defect” in the seats was inadvertent and not calculated to serve as a comment on the evidence. Moreover, the trial court quickly provided a curative instruction…

Authorities Cited

• Bentley v. State, 501 So. 2d 600 (Fla. 1987)
• Reese v. State, 453 So. 2d 810 (Fla. 1984)
• State v. Watson, 453 So. 2d 810 (Fla. 1984)