VENTURA v. STATE

No. 3D05-872.

973 So.2d 634 (2008)

Javier Dejesus VENTURA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Roy A. Heimlich, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Lisa A. Davis, Assistant. Attorney General, for appellee.

Before RAMIREZ, SHEPHERD, and CORTIÑAS, JJ.


RAMIREZ, J.

Javier Dejesus Ventura appeals his conviction on two counts of robbery with a weapon, and his sentence to thirty years as a prison releasee reoffender (PRR). He claims the trial court erred in: (1) denying his motion for mistrial and in failing to give an appropriate curative instruction after the lead detective commented upon his right to remain silent, and (2) relying on hearsay to sentence him as a PRR. We affirm.

I.

Ventura was charged...

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