04-0269 RIVERO V. STATE

State: Florida

Court: Florida Third District Court

Docket No: 04-0269 RIVERO V. STATE

Case Date: 12/28/2005

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2005

NANCI DIRCE RIVERO, Appellant, vs. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

** ** ** ** ** LOWER TRIBUNAL CASE NO. F01-5673 CASE NO. 3D04-269

Opinion filed December 28, 2005. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Pedro P. Echarte, Jr., Judge. Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and J. Rafael Rodriguez, Special Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Meredith L. Balo, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before LEVY, FLETCHER, and WELLS, JJ. PER CURIAM. Nanci Dirce Rivero was found by a jury to be guilty of first degree murder, so adjudicated by the trial judge, and

sentenced to life in prison, without eligibility for parole. Contrary to Rivero's contentions our review convinces us that the trial judge did not abuse his discretion by his evidentiary rulings, did not abuse his discretion by his denial of requested special jury instructions, and properly overruled objections by defendant to the prosecutor's closing argument. affirm the judgment and sentence of the trial court. Affirmed. We therefore

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