DEWITT v. STATE

No. 82-1286.

442 So.2d 1029 (1983)

Howard Earl DEWITT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Brynn Newton, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Shawn L. Briese, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


DAUKSCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for grand theft.

The issue on appeal is whether the trial judge erred in permitting a tape-recording of the jury instructions, along with a tape player, to go with the jury to the jury room. We affirm because no prejudice to the accused was demonstrated on the record on account of the alleged error. However, we do express our opinion that the practice should be...

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