RICH v. STATE

No. 4D08-4726.

18 So.3d 1227 (2009)

Michael D. RICH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tom Wm. Odom, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GERBER, J.

Michael D. Rich, the defendant below, was convicted of sale or delivery of cocaine within one thousand feet of a convenience business and resisting an officer without violence. The defendant appeals the trial court's decisions to allow evidence and argument regarding the defendant's use of a racial slur while he was engaged in the sale. We find the trial court's decisions were harmless errors and affirm.

One white officer and two black officers...

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