L.X.A., a Juvenile v. The State of Florida

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: June 26, 2024
• Docket: 2023-1566
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed June 26, 2024. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________

No. 3D23-1566 Lower Tribunal No. 23-360 ________________

L.X.A., a juvenile, Appellant,

vs.

The State of Florida, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Orlando A. Prescott, Judge.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Jennifer Thornton, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCALES, LINDSEY and LOBREE, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Griffin v. State, 639 So. 2d 966, 968 (Fla. 1994)

(“[E]vidence of uncharged crimes which are inseparable from the crime

charged, or evidence which is inextricably intertwined with the crime

charged, is . . . admissible under section 90.402 [of the Florida Statutes]

because ‘it is a relevant and inseparable part of the act which is in issue . . .

. [I]t is necessary to admit the evidence to adequately describe the deed.’”)

(quoting Charles W. Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence § 404.17 (1993 ed.)); see

also Beckman v. State, 230 So. 3d 77, 84 (Fla. 3d DCA (2017) (“Evidence is

inextricably intertwined if the evidence is necessary to (1) ‘adequately

describe the deed[];’ (2) provide an intelligent account of the crime(s)

charged; (3) establish the entire context out of which the charged crime(s)

arose; or (4) adequately describe the events leading up to the charged

crime(s).”) (quoting Dorsett v. State, 944 So. 2d 1207, 1213 (Fla. 3d DCA

2006) (en banc)).