Case Name: Roseme GIBSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2007-05-25
Citations: 956 So. 2d 557
Docket Number: No. 5D05-3289
Parties: Roseme GIBSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ORFINGER and TORPY, JJ„ concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 956
Pages: 557–557

Head Matter:
Roseme GIBSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D05-3289.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
May 25, 2007.
James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Tomislav David Golik, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lori N. Hagan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appel-lee.

Opinion:
THOMPSON, J.
AFFIRMED. See Battle v. State, 911 So.2d 85, 89 (Fla.2005) (noting fundamental error is that which reaches down into the validity of the trial itself such that a guilty verdict could not have been obtained without the assistance of the alleged error); McCray v. State, 416 So.2d 804, 806 (Fla.1982) (stating "the fact that the defendant might have a better chance of acquittal or a strategic advantage if tried separately does not establish the right to a severance").
ORFINGER and TORPY, JJ" concur.