HECK v. STATE

No. 4D99-2265.

774 So.2d 844 (2000)

Robert HECK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Claudine M. LaFrance, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, C.J.

Appellant, Robert Heck, was convicted of aggravated battery. He claims on appeal that the court erred in giving a further instruction on the meaning of "great bodily harm" to answer a jury question. We affirm, concluding that the instruction, even if error, was harmless. Appellant also claims that the court erred in allowing cross-examination regarding prior convictions, but we conclude that appellant opened...

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