Supreme Court of Florida· 4/3/2003

Spann v. State

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857 So. 2d 845
2003 WL 1740646

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holding that, to properly preserve an issue for appellate review, a litigant must make a timely, specific, contemporaneous objection
stating that the defendant “failed to state the specific legal ground for the objection that he now raises on appeal,” and thus failed to properly preserve the issue for appellate review
relying on Griffin to hold that a challenge to the waiver of the sentencing jury was not preserved for appeal because Spann did not move to withdraw the waiver
“Whether a crime constitutes a prior violent felony is determined by the surrounding facts and circumstances of the prior crime.” (citing Gore v. State, 706 So. 2d 1328, 1333 (Fla. 1997))
“To be preserved for appeal, ‘the specific legal ground upon which a claim is based must be raised at trial and a claim different than that will not be heard on appeal.’” (quoting Rodriguez v. State, 609 So.2d 493, 499 (Fla.1992)
“To be preserved for appeal, ‘the specific legal ground upon which a claim is based must be raised at trial and a claim different than that will not be heard on appeal.’ ” (quoting Rodriguez v. State, 609 So. 2d 493, 499 (Fla. 1992))

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Judges: Per Curiam

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