Case Name: Norman Alexander REID, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-02-27
Citations: 807 So. 2d 803
Docket Number: No. 3D00-2969
Parties: Norman Alexander REID, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and RAMIREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 807
Pages: 803–804

Head Matter:
Norman Alexander REID, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D00-2969.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 27, 2002.
Clayton R. Kaeiser, Miami, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Paulette R. Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and RAMIREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Norman Alexander Reid appeals his conviction for first degree murder and other offenses. Assuming for present purposes that defendant-appellant Reid was asked a cross-examination question which impermissibly revealed a prior bad act, the motion for mistrial was properly denied. The matter could reasonably have been addressed by a curative instruction, which the trial court offered. See Sullivan v. State, 303 So.2d 632, 635 (Fla.1974). More to the point, any possible harm to the defendant was dispelled by the defense cross-examination of the defendant's girlfriend regarding the prior bad act.
Affirmed.