5D01-1225 Vasser v. State

State: Florida

Court: Florida Fifth District Court

Docket No: 5D01-1225

Case Date: 02/11/2002

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JANUARY TERM 2002

KENDRICK VASSER, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D01-1225 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. / Opinion filed February 15, 2002 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Frederick J. Lauten, Judge. James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and A. S. Rogers, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and David H. Foxman, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. ORFINGER, R. B., J. Kendrick Vasser appeals his conviction for second-degree murder, and his sentence to life in prison as a prison releasee reoffender.1 His sole claim of error is that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting numerous autopsy photographs, which Vasser claims were cumulative and unduly prejudicial. We disagree and affirm. A trial court has broad discretion in determining whether to admit photographs of an

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