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Chamberlain v. State

Citations

  • 881 So. 2d 1087
  • 2004 WL 1348732

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  • holding demonstrative exhibits may be used to aid in the jury’s understanding only if they are accurate and reasonable reproductions of the object involved
  • explaining that it is well-settled that the specific legal ground upon which a claim is based must be raised at trial to be preserved on appeal
  • holding trial court’s erroneous finding of CCP harmless because four aggravating factors remained
  • “[W]holly unnecessary, execution-style murders are prime examples of the ‘deliberate ruthlessness’ for which application of the CCP aggravating factor is reserved.”
  • “It is well-settled in Florida that ‘[t]o be preserved for appeal, “the specific legal ground upon which a - 53 - claim is based must be raised at trial and a claim different than that will not be heard on appeal.” ’ ” (quoting Spann v. State, 857 So. 2d 845, 852 (Fla. 2003))

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Judges: Per Curiam

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