MEANS V. STATE

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida, July Term, A.D. 2009 Opinion filed December 30, 2009. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D08-1128 Lower Tribunal No. 07-2 ________________ Alex Means, Appellant, vs. The State of Florida, Appellee. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Mark H. Jones, Judge. Kenneth J. Kukec, for appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Linda S. Katz, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Before WELLS and SHEPHERD, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge. PER CURIAM. The only arguable error presented on this appeal from a second degree murder conviction, which concerns the allegedly improper admission of expert testimony by a crime scene investigator, was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. See § 924.33, Fla. Stat. (2009); State v. DiGuilio, 491 So. 2d 1129 (Fla. 1986). Affirmed. 2

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