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PROTHONOTARY, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, ET AL.

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• State v. Powell, 674 So. 2d 731 (Fla. 1996)
  …, 952 F. 2d 876 (5th Cir.1992) (same). Other federal circuit courts likewise have refused to recognize the rule of consistency. United States v. Bucuvalas, 909 F. 2d 593 (1st Cir.1990); United States v. Garcia, 882 F. 2d 699 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 943, 110 S.Ct. 348, 107 L.Ed.2d 336 (1989); United States v. Valles-Valencia, 823 F. 2d 381 (9th Cir.1987). We see no reason to recognize an exception to the general rule allowing inconsistent verdicts when that exception is based on federal precedent…
• Lupper v. State, 663 So. 2d 1337 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994)
  …appellate review. See Crump v. State, 622 So. 2d 963, 972 (Fla.1993). Even if appellant properly preserved this argument, the prosecutor’s comments do not require reversal. See United States v. Fuentes, 877 F. 2d 895, 901 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 943, 110 S.Ct. 347, 107 L.Ed.2d 335 (1989) and cert. denied, 493 U.S. 982, 110 S.Ct. 516, 107 L.Ed.2d 517 (1989); United States v. Dennis, 786 F. 2d 1029 (11th Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1037, 107 S.Ct. 1973, 95 L.Ed.2d 814 (1986). In his final…
• State v. Powell, 659 So. 2d 1301 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995)
  …th Cir.1987). Other circuits, in dictum, have expressed doubts about the continued validity of the “rule of consistency.” United States v. Zunigar-Salinas, 952 F. 2d 876 (5th Cir.1992); United States v. Garcia, 882 F. 2d 699 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 943, 110 S.Ct. 348, 107 L.Ed.2d 336 (1989); United States v. Sachs, 801 F. 2d 839 (6th Cir.1986). While the underlying federal case law has changed, the parties and our independent research reveal no Florida case which addresses this issue in light of…