Case Name: Billy C. SHAW, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-01-18
Citations: 557 So. 2d 77
Docket Number: No. 88-2121
Parties: Billy C. SHAW, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: THOMPSON, ZEHMER and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 557
Pages: 77–78

Head Matter:
Billy C. SHAW, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-2121.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Jan. 18, 1990.
On Motion for Rehearing March 1, 1990.
Michael E. Allen, Barbara M. Linthicum, Public Defenders, and P. Douglas Brink- meyer, Deputy Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Gypsy Bailey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Billy C. Shaw appeals his conviction for second degree murder contending the trial judge erred in allowing a pathologist to testify as an expert that no struggle with the victim occurred, and in failing to grant a motion for mistrial based upon improper comments by the prosecutor. We affirm.
The trial judge did not abuse his discretion in denying the motion for mistrial.
The trial judge erred in permitting the pathologist to render an expert opinion that the deceased was not engaged in a struggle immediately prior to her death. However, this error could not have affected the outcome of this ease and is, therefore, harmless.
THOMPSON, ZEHMER and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.