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Harrell v. State

Citations

  • 894 So. 2d 935
  • 2005 WL 318570

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  • holding that Florida law requires a party to timely raise an issue with a trial court before it may be properly preserved for appellate review
  • holding that Florida law requires a party to timely raise an issue with a trial court before it may be properly preserved for appellate review
  • holding that fundamental error is error that must “reach down into the validity of the trial itself to the extent that a verdict of guilty could not have been obtained without the assistance of the alleged error.”
  • stating that the purpose of the preservation rule is to notify the trial judge of possible error and offer a chance to correct it at an early stage
  • noting that in order for an issue to be cognizable on appeal, it must be the specific contention asserted below as the legal ground for the objection, exception, or motion
  • noting that statutory requirement that objections be 10 “sufficiently precise” to “fairly apprise[] the trial court of the relief sought and the grounds therefor,” § 924.051(1)(b), Fla. Stat., is consistent with Florida Supreme Court holdings on preservation

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Judges: Cantero

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