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874 So. 2d 728

Cajuste v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2004-06-09

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently February 2006

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Relies on Acosta-Esquivel v. United States · 476 So. 2d 1253 - Hooper v. State · 838 So. 2d 1090 - Evans v. State

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Decided 2004-06-09

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PER CURIAM.

¶1Michael Cajuste appeals his convictions for first degree murder, attempted murder, and attempted armed robbery.

¶2We conclude that the trial court’s rulings on voir dire questions were within the court’s discretion, as was the court’s refusal to grant additional peremptory challenges. See Hooper v. State, 476 So.2d 1253, 1256 (Fla.1985); Parker v. State, 456 So.2d 436, 442 (Fla.1984).

¶3We conclude that there was no impermissible shifting of the burden of proof. See Caballero v. State, 851 So.2d 655, 660 (Fla.2003); Evans v. State, 838 So.2d 1090, 1094-95 (Fla.2002) cert. denied, — U.S. -, 124 S.Ct. 121, 157 L.Ed.2d 84 (2003). The evidentiary rulings were within the court’s discretion. To the extent it could be said that the prosecutor argued that defendant-appellant Cajuste was fleeing from the scene of the crime, this was a fair comment on the evidence and was not objected to at trial.

¶4Affirmed.

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