Case Name: Andres BROOKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-03-13
Citations: 808 So. 2d 1291
Docket Number: No. 3D00-1976
Parties: Andres BROOKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, FLETCHER and SORONDO, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 808
Pages: 1291–1291

Head Matter:
Andres BROOKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D00-1976.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 13, 2002.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Shaundra L. Kellam and Robert God-frey, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Jill K. Traína, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before COPE, FLETCHER and SORONDO, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Andres Brooks appeals his conviction for attempted second degree murder. He contends that the trial court erred by failing to grant a continuance because he had received a black eye while in jail. He argued that if the jury were allowed to see him with a black eye, he would be unfairly prejudiced, as they would likely draw the inference that he had been in a fight and-had a propensity for violence. The trial court denied the motion. The court offered to give the jury an explanation that the defendant had received the black eye in an accident. The defendant declined the offer of the special explanation.
We conclude that the trial court's ruling was within its discretion. See Mikenas v. State, 367 So.2d 606, 608 (Fla.1978); Mo-ten v. State, 391 So.2d 716 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).
Affirmed.