DocketNumber: No. 5D13-4113
Citation Numbers: 153 So. 3d 984
Judges: Lawson, Orfinger, Wallis
Filed Date: 1/2/2015
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 8/21/2021
Phillip L. Wood appeals his conviction of felony battery. Wood argues that the trial court erred in allowing a police officer to testify that the victim’s injuries “appeared to him” to be defensive, and summarily punishing. Wood for direct criminal con
We conclude that the error in admitting the police officer’s testimony was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. See Abdool v. State, 53 So.3d 208 (Fla.2010). Wood’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is more properly raised in a timely motion for postconviction relief filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Finally, Wood’s conviction of direct criminal contempt is reversed, as the trial court failed to comply with the procedural requirements of Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.830.
AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part.