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MOTION FORREHEARINGEXPTRES.
OR, IF FILED,DISPOSEDOF.
Appellee.
filed: I a ll blol
opinion
An appealfrom a Final Judgmentby the CountyCourtof Miami-badeCounty,Florida.
PERCURIAM.
ResistingArrest and Obstru#$li of a Public Sheet. Finding error in both the conviction and
we reverse.
sentence,
Miller, a photojournalist,
wasarrestedfollowing anencounter
betweenhimselfandfive City
and an argumentensued.At one point, while being moved from the roadwaSMiller snappeda
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photographat closerange,with the flashengaged,
of theoffrcer. Miller wassubsequently
arrested
r
andchargedwith multiple criminalandcivil infractions.
the State,over objection,to questionMiller aboutthe contentsof a blog createdby him several
negativeopinionsaboutthepoliceanddiscussed
policebrutalityin Los Angeles.
At closing,the Stateargued:
the witnesseswho testifiedat trial.' lfilliams v. State,9l2 So. 2d 66,6E(Fla. 4th DCA 2005)
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' the purpose of discrediting a witness, the Sixth Amendment allows a defendant a wide range of
sum,introductionof a defendant's
collateralactprofoundlyincreases
therisk thatthecollateralactwill
.grosslyovershadow
whateverbiasit wasintendedto prove.
rulesof evidence,
Johnston.863So.2d,
at278.andby theprinciplesof staredecisis.Section90.402.
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the purposeof discreditinga witness,the SixthAmendmentallowsa defendanta wide rangeof
cross-examination
asa matterof ri'ghtin regardto his motives,interest,or animus.)
sum,introductionof a defendant's
collateralactprofoundlyincreases
theriskthatthecollateralactwill
grosslyovershadow
whateverbiasit wasintendedto prove.
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The jury having found you guilty, I'm adjudicatingyou guilty. I'm
imposing a $250 fine, there's Court costsandsurcharges.I'm placing
you on one (year) reporting probation, a special condition anger
course,a specialcondition 100 hours of community service at arate
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of ten hours minimum per month and all conditionsto be completed
with ten months of todav.
assumptionthatwe havereviewedthesametranscript,werejecttheState'sinterpretationoftherecord.
SeeU.S.Fire Ins.Co.v.Beltmnnn
NorthAm. Co.,1nc..703F. Supp.681,685,n.15(N.D.I11.,
1988).
TheStatelooksto Meltonv.State,949So.2d994,1015(FIa.2006)andShellitov.
State,70l
guiltyparty'slackofremorsewillnotconstituteerror.
We agreewithMeltonandShellito,butfind
groundsfor sentencing.
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