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458 So. 2d 408

458 So.2d 408

9 Fla.L.Weekly 2319

Joswick v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 7, 1984

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1984-11-07

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently December 1993

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Relies on Pitts v. Wainwright · Hawkins v. State

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Decided 1984-11-07

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PER CURIAM.

¶1Although we believe the better practice would have been to allow the appellant the privilege of reserving his opening statement until after the state had rested, we find no prejudicial or reversible error in the trial court’s decision not to do so. Hawkins v. State, 199 So.2d 276 (Fla.1967), vacated in part, 408 U.S. 941, 92 S.Ct. 2857, 33 L.Ed.2d 765 (1972). We also find no error in the admission of photographs of the deceased victim.

¶2Accordingly, the judgment and sentence of the trial court are affirmed.

ANSTEAD, C.J., and DELL and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
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