MIKE NEICARTA, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DEFENDANT IN ERROR
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The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a manslaughter conviction, holding that any error in admitting a defendant's statement was harmless because other evidence sufficiently supported the verdict.
The court held that even if there was a basis for the contention regarding the statement, any error in admitting it was harmless because the defendant's own testimony provided sufficient legal support for the manslaughter verdict.
“Even if there is any substantial basis in the record for this contention, the accused testified as to the circumstances under which he fatally shot the deceased, claiming justification because of an" assault made on him by the deceased, and as on the evidence without the testimony as to the statement, the verdict of manslaughter has sufficient legal support, the error, if any, in admitting testimony as to the statement, was harmless.”
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Whitfield, J.
Upon an indictment for murder, Mike Neicarta was convicted of manslaughter and took writ of error. The burden of the contention here is that the accused did not understand the English language and was not fully advised of his rights when he made a statement while under arrest as to why he shot the deceased, which statement was testified to by other witnesses. Even if there is any substantial basis in the record for this contention, the accused testified as to the circumstances under which he fatally shot the deceased, claiming justification because of an" assault made on him by the deceased, and as on the evidence without the testimony as to the statement, the verdict of manslaughter has sufficient le gal support, the error, if any, in admitting testimony as to the statement, was harmless. No material or harmful errors of procedure appear; therefore, the judgment is affirmed.
Browne, C. J., and Taylor, Ellis and West, J. J., concur.
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Nelson v. State, 99 Fla. 1032 (Fla. 1930)…urt said: ‘ The admission of evidence which may be irrelevant because the fact sought to be proved is remote does not per se render such admission reversible error; it must be shown that it was misleading or confusing.” See also Neicarta v. State, 80 Fla. 493, 86 So. R. 347; Elliott v. State, 77 Fla. 611, 82 So. R. 139. In the case of Troop v. State, 98 Fla. 385, 123 So. R. 811, this Court held that a verdict upon conflicting testimony requiring consideration of witnesses’ character will not be disturbe…
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Scott v. State, 87 Fla. 12 (Fla. 1924)…ginally elicited on cross-examination of State witnesses by counsel for defendant. But aside from this, if this evidence is excluded from consideration, the evidence on behalf of the State is still ample to sustain the conviction. Neicarta v. State, 80 Fla. 493, 86 South. Rep. 347. The chief of police to whom the offer is alleged to have been made and a policeman who heard the offer each testified of a direct offer of $25 made by defendant to the chief of police if he would not: search the house of defenda…