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Byrd v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Feb 6, 1991
582 So. 2d 640 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

Opinion

No. 90-1973.

February 6, 1991.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Arthur I. Snyder, Judge.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Burke, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before NESBITT, BASKIN and GODERICH, JJ.


Upon examination of the record and the state's confession of error, the defendant's conviction must be reversed with directions to award a new trial because when the trial court re-instructed the jury, the entire written instructions in the case were not, over objection of defense counsel, delivered to the jury as required by Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.400(c). Consequently, the jury may have placed undue emphasis upon the re-instruction given. Chappell v. State, 423 So.2d 984 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Morgan v. State, 377 So.2d 212, 213 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979), cert. denied, 389 So.2d 1115 (Fla. 1980).

Reversed and remanded for a new trial.


Summaries of

Byrd v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Feb 6, 1991
582 So. 2d 640 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)
Case details for

Byrd v. State

Case Details

Full title:RODNEY BYRD, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Feb 6, 1991

Citations

582 So. 2d 640 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

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