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633 So. 2d 1130

Salley v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1994-03-15

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently September 1998

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Relies on 491 So. 2d 1129 - State v. DiGuilio · 625 So. 2d 827 - Flanagan v. State · 359 So. 2d 1190 - Jackson v. State

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Decided 1994-03-15

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PER CURIAM.

¶1James Salley appeals from a judgment of conviction of three counts of aggravated child abuse. We affirm.

¶2The trial court erred in allowing a state witness to present abuser profile testimony. Flanagan v. State, 625 So.2d 827 (Fla.1993). However, admission of the testimony amounted to harmless error, as it was not a feature of the trial and did not affect the verdict beyond a reasonable doubt. See State v. DiGuilio, 491 So.2d 1129 (Fla.1986). We find no merit in Salley’s remaining points on appeal. See Jackson v. State, 359 So.2d 1190 (Fla.1978), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 1102, 99 S.Ct. 881, 59 L.Ed.2d 63 (1979) (defendant may not initiate error and then seek reversal based on that error); Albritton v. State, 221 So.2d 192 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969) (inflammatory nature of photographs not sufficient, by itself, to exclude them from evidence).

¶3Affirmed.

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