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745 So. 2d 391

R.L. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 13, 1999

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1999-10-13

Relies on Chapman v. State of California · 491 So. 2d 1129 - State v. DiGuilio · B.E. v. State

Decided 1999-10-13

PER CURIAM.

¶1Notwithstanding the appellant’s very colorable and well argued claim that his constitutional right to compulsory process was erroneously denied below, see B.E. v. State, 564 So.2d 566 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990), we affirm because he did not invoke his possible rights under section 90.803(23)(a)2b, Florida Statutes (1997), which would have obviated the constitutional question, 10 Fla.Jur.2d Constitutional Law §§ 63-65 (1997), and because the state has demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that any such error which may have nonetheless occurred did not affect the result and was therefore harmless. Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 87 S.Ct. 824, 17 L.Ed.2d 705 (1967); State v. DiGuilio, 491 So.2d 1129 (Fla.1986).

¶2Affirmed.

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