WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 3D04-2850.

947 So.2d 517 (2006)

Michael Lashawn WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 30, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Howard K. Blumberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer Falcone Moore and Linda S. Katz, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

Before FLETCHER, SHEPHERD, and SUAREZ, JJ.


SUAREZ, J.

The defendant asserts that he should receive a new trial because the State referred to evidence in its opening statement that it never introduced at trial, and because admission of the victim's dying declaration violated his right to confront the witness testifying against him. We affirm the conviction and sentence.

The defendant was charged with the shotgun murder of his sister's ex-boy-friend. The victim...

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