Supreme Court of Florida· 12/16/1999

Goodwin v. State

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751 So. 2d 537
1999 WL 1186439

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determining that the harmless error standard set forth in State v. DiGuilio, 491 So.2d 1129 (Fla.1986), remains applicable notwithstanding the Legislature's enactment of section 924.051(7), Florida Statutes 1999
holding the invited error doctrine prohibits a party from inviting an error at trial and then taking advantage of error on appeal
reiterating the harmless error test espoused in DiGuilio and applying it to cases not involving constitutional error
noting “it is necessary to determine whether the single improper remark, to which the trial court sustained an objection and gave a curative instruction, was so prejudicial as to deny defendant a fair trial”
erroneous introduction of out-of-court description by victim of her assailant was not harmless since this was a close case on the issue of identification
focus of harmless error analysis is effect of error on jury; question is whether it is reasonably possible that the error affected verdict

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