Ortiz-Lopez v. State , 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 19105 ( 2014 )

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING
MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
SAMUEL ORTIZ-LOPEZ, )
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Appellant, )
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v. ) Case No. 2D13-1126
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STATE OF FLORIDA, )
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Appellee. )
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Opinion filed November 21, 2014.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for
Hillsborough County; Emmett Lamar
Battles, Judge.
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and
J.L. "Ray" LeGrande, Special Assistant
Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Dawn A. Tiffin, Assistant
Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.
MORRIS, Judge.
Samuel Ortiz-Lopez appeals his judgment and sentence for first-degree
murder. We conclude that the trial court's denial of his motion for continuance did not
result in a palpable abuse of discretion. See Chavez v. State, 48 So. 3d 1022, 1024
(Fla. 2d DCA 2010) (citing M.D.B. v. State, 952 So. 2d 590 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007)).
Likewise, we conclude that there was no abuse of discretion in the admission of
testimony concerning Ortiz-Lopez's prior possession of a firearm. Cf. Agatheas v.
State, 77 So. 3d 1232 (Fla. 2011).
Affirmed.
CASANUEVA and KHOUZAM, JJ., Concur.
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