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Burgess v. State

Citations

  • 831 So. 2d 137
  • 2002 WL 31319392

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  • holding that movant may assert a Hale [2] claim in a rule 3.800(a) motion if the facts supporting the claim are apparent from the face of the record
  • stating that information contained in a police report is hearsay and inadmissible in an adversary criminal proceeding
  • noting that police reports or criminal arrest affidavits are not admissible into evidence in criminal proceedings as a public record exception to the hearsay rule because that exception expressly excludes them
  • explaining that “information contained in police reports is ordinarily considered hearsay and inadmissible in an adversary criminal proceeding,” and does not fall under any recognized exception to hearsay
  • acknowledging that, as a general rule, claims raised in a motion under rule 3.800(a) must be capable of resolution as a matter of law, without an evidentiary determination, and on the face of the existing court records
  • rejecting the argument that an unsworn arrest report in the court file indicating that offenses for which defendant was convicted were part of same criminal episode could be used as the basis for determining that offenses arose from same criminal episode

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Judges: Harding

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