PEGGY ANN PETERSON, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (11 total)

• Leonard v. State, 760 So. 2d 114 (Fla. 2000)
  …lthough plea colloquy revealed that defendant intended to preserve issue for appellate review and plead nolo contendere). This disposition was consistent with the pre-Act jurisprudence of the Second, Third, and Fifth Districts. See Hampton v. State, 680 So. 2d 581, 583 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996) (dismissing appeal for lack of jurisdiction); Skinner v. State, 399 So. 2d 1064, 1065 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981) (same); Counts v. State, 376 So. 2d 59, 60 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979) (same). While none of these opinions included a subject…
• State v. Williams, 742 So. 2d 509 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999)
  …edge of the presence of the contraband can be inferred under these circumstances. Medlin, 273 So. 2d at 396. Given the totality of the circumstances, the trial court properly sent the case to the jury. Gartrell, 626 So. 2d at 1366; Hampton v. State, 680 So. 2d 581 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). The jury heard competent substantial evidence from which it reasonably could have concluded that Williams had actual possession of the crack cocaine. Under these particular facts, the jury’s verdict should stand. Accordingly, we…
• Williams v. State, 689 So. 2d 393 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997)
  …nd that his testimony that the scrapings contained gold paint was incorrect: that no foreign paint was found on the victim’s rental car. The court has discretion to grant or deny a request to recall or reexamine a witness. Tafero; Hampton v. State, 680 So. 2d 581, 584 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996); Dawson v. State, 401 So. 2d 819 (Fla. 1st DCA), review denied, 408 So. 2d 1092 (1981). Williams has made no showing that the trial court abused its discretion in permitting this testimony. Thus, we decline to disturb this ru…

Authorities Cited

• State v. Hart, 668 So. 2d 589 (Fla. 1996)
• Justice v. State, 674 So. 2d 123 (Fla. 1996)