BEST

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

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• Cook v. State, 542 So. 2d 964 (Fla. 1989)
  …ng of a jury. United States v. Ploof, 464 F. 2d 116, 118-19 n. 4 (2d Cir.), cert. denied sub nom. Godin v. United States, 409 U.S. 952, 93 S.Ct. 298, 34 L.Ed.2d 224 (1972). Accord United States v. Rouco, 765 F. 2d 983 (11th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1124, 106 S.Ct. 1646, 90 L.Ed.2d 190 (1986); United States v. Carlin, 698 F. 2d 1133 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 461 U.S. 958, 103 S.Ct. 2431, 77 L.Ed.2d 1317 (1983). Because the trial judge granted the appellant’s motion for one additional challenge, ap…

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• Taylor v. State, 640 So. 2d 1127 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994)
  …v. Sain, 372 U.S. 293, 309, 83 S.Ct. 745, 755, 9 L.Ed.2d 770 (1963), “mere emotionalism, confusion, or depression do not dictate a finding of mental ineompeteney or insanity.” United States v. Rouco, 765 F. 2d 983, 993 (11th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1124, 106 S.Ct. 1646, 90 L.Ed.2d 190 (1986). Where the evidence is conflicting, a trial court’s finding that a confession was voluntary will not be disturbed on appeal. Keeton v. State, 427 So. 2d 231, 232 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983); Collier v. State, 353 So. 2d…
• United States v. Buggs, 904 F.2d 1070 (7th Cir. 1990)
  …officer familiar with handguns that the defendant carried a .38 caliber pistol certainly authorized the jury to find that the defendant possessed a firearm, defined [by Florida law] as a weapon `designed to ... expel a projectile.' "), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1124, 106 S.Ct. 1646, 90 L.Ed.2d 190 (1986).11 [*1076] The fact that the gun was not produced at trial or that the witnesses did not have an opportunity to examine closely the weapon does not prevent conviction of a firearm offense. See Parker, 801 F. 2d…