Uchechi Madubuike Ihedioha v. State of Florida

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 5D2024-0945
LT Case No. 2022-CF-000137-A
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UCHECHI MADUBUIKE IHEDIOHA,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County.
Mark J. Borello, Judge.
Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Jacqueline Rae Brandt,
Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Robert Charles Lee,
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
December 5, 2025
PER CURIAM.
Appellant claims the trial court erred in making comments
and taking actions that conveyed to the jury that it disfavored the
Appellant, a claim that was not raised below and is thereby subject
to fundamental error analysis on appeal. Review of the record fails
to disclose any error, let alone fundamental error, in the trial
court’s actions, which reflected patience and restraint. As the State

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argues, trial counsel* for Appellant “behaved so badly that the trial
judge had to intervene to maintain an orderly trial.” We agree.
AFFIRMED.
MAKAR, LAMBERT, and SOUD, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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* Appellate counsel for Appellant was not trial counsel;
Appellant had a private attorney representing him at trial.