Jorge Luis Valdes v. the State of Florida

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed April 23, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D24-1534 Lower Tribunal No. AGLTWCE ________________

Jorge Luis Valdes, Appellant,

vs.

The State of Florida, Appellee.

An Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Julie Harris Nelson, Judge.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Shannon Hemmendinger, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Camilo Montoya, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before LOGUE, C.J., and LINDSEY, and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Johnson v. State, 801 So. 2d 141 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001),

rev. denied, 828 So. 2d 387 (Fla. 2002); Wright v. State, 317 So. 3d 237,

241-42 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021) (“In short, we cannot find that any of the errors

of which [appellant] complains warrant reversal under either the abuse of

discretion or the harmless error analysis . . . While a defendant in a criminal

trial is entitled to a fair trial, he or she is not entitled to a perfect trial.”).