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Rosa v. State, No. 4D07-2778 (Fla. App. 1/27/2010) (Fla. App., 2010)

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CHARLENE ROSA, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D07-2778 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. January 27, 2010. Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County, Jeffrey R. Levenson, Judge, L.T. Case No. 2004010827CF10A. Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi L. Bettendorf, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee. MAY, J. One little word?polygraph?does not merit a reversal of the defendant’s conviction for first degree premeditated murder and life sentence. Among other issues, the defendant argues the trial court erred in denying a defense motion to cross-examine a state witness concerning the results of a polygraph examination and the court’s denial of a subsequent motion for mistrial...continue to full post

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