Case Name: Larry A. PALMER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-02-01
Citations: 920 So. 2d 1153
Docket Number: No. 3D04-2244
Parties: Larry A. PALMER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before GREEN, RAMIREZ, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 920
Pages: 1153–1154

Head Matter:
Larry A. PALMER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D04-2244.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 1, 2006.
Rehearing Denied March 9, 2006.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Gwendolyn Powell Braswell, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Douglas J. Glaid, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before GREEN, RAMIREZ, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the defendant's conviction. "The determination of a witness's qualifications to express an expert opinion is peculiarly within the discretion of the trial judge, whose decision will not be reversed absent a clear showing of error." Floyd v. State, 913 So.2d 564, 575 (Fla.2005)(quoting Ramirez v. State, 542 So.2d 352, 355 (Fla.1989)). We find that clear error has not been demonstrated in this case. Moreover, there was substantial, independent evidence to support the jury's verdict, and knowing the substance of the witness's testimony would not have altered the defense's preparation of its case. Hence, assuming that there was any error in the admission of the testimony, we find such error to be harmless. See State v. DiGuilio, 491 So.2d 1129, 1135 (Fla.1986).
Affirmed.