Armando Verdecia v. State of Florida

CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
DecidedFebruary 11, 2026
Docket3D2024-1273
StatusPublished

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed February 11, 2026. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

No. 3D24-1273 Lower Tribunal No. F20-10727A

Armando Verdecia, Appellant,

vs.

State of Florida, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Miguel M. de la O, Judge.

Rier Jordan, P.A., and Jonathan E. Jordan, for appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Christina L. Dominguez, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before FERNANDEZ, LOGUE and MILLER, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Ivory v. State, 351 So. 2d 26 (Fla. 1977) (“We now hold

that it is prejudicial error for a trial judge to respond to a request from the jury

without the prosecuting attorney, the defendant, and defendant's counsel

being present and having the opportunity to participate in the discussion of

the action to be taken on the jury's request. This right to participate includes

the right to place objections on record as well as the right to make full

argument as to the reasons the jury's request should or should not be

honored.”) and Thomas v. State, 730 So. 2d 667 (Fla. 1998) (“The per

se reversible error rule announced in Ivory is prophylactic in nature and must

be invoked by contemporaneous objection at trial.”).

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Ivory v. State
351 So. 2d 26 (Supreme Court of Florida, 1977)
Thomas v. State
730 So. 2d 667 (Supreme Court of Florida, 1998)

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