Opinion ID: 1800634
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Heading Rank: 16

Heading: failure to include jury instructions in record.

Text: ¶ 52. Hodges next argues that the trial court erred in failing to include the reading of the instructions to the jury in the appeal record. As the State points out, this issue was raised by Hodges on direct appeal. This Court stated the following on this matter: Hodges does not claim any error from the proceedings which are missing from the record. Even though there was no transcription of the instructions read to the jury, copies of all the instructions which were read to the jury are included in the court's papers. Furthermore, the parties and the court conducted thorough and detailed, on the record hearings concerning the jury instructions. The record also indicates that the jury instructions were read to the jury by the Judge. Since the instructions were included in the court's papers Hodges was not denied a fair review of trial on appeal. This was sufficient to analyze all of the issues and properly review the case and since Hodges does not raise any error from this portion of the proceedings, this issue lacks merit. Hodges, 912 So.2d at 788. Hodges is barred by res judicata from raising this issue.