FIRST DISTRICT
COURT OF APPEALS
THESE SUMMARIES ARE NEITHER APPROVED IN ADVANCE NOR ENDORSED BY THE COURT. THEY ARE NOT HEADNOTES OR SYLLABI. INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD OBTAIN COPIES OF THE ACTUAL DECISIONS FROM THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF APPEALS.
DATE: Wednesday, November 12, 2025
CAPTION: STATE V. SHARKEY
APPEAL NO.: C-240675
TRIAL NO.: C/24/CRB/3643/D
KEY WORDS: BENCH TRIAL – BODY-WORN-CAMERA VIDEO – DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL – PREJUDICE – TRIAL STRATEGY
SUMMARY: Defendant did not receive ineffective assistance of counsel at trial because counsel’s decision to introduce body-worn-camera video constitutes trial strategy, and defendant could not show that he was prejudiced by the introduction of the body-worn-camera video.
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED
JUDGES: OPINION by NESTOR, J.; ZAYAS, P.J., and MOORE, J., CONCUR.
CAPTION: STATE V. HIGGINS
APPEAL NO.: C-240723
TRIAL NO.: B-2402641
KEY WORDS: FELONIOUS ASSAULT — MANIFEST WEIGHT
SUMMARY: Defendant’s felonious-assault convictions were not against the manifest weight of the evidence where the factfinder determined that the State’s witnesses were credible and believed the State’s witnesses over the defendant.
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED
JUDGES: OPINION by ZAYAS, P.J.; CROUSE and MOORE, JJ., CONCUR.
CAPTION: STATE V. CAMPBELL
APPEAL NO.: C-250076
TRIAL NO.: B-2202312
KEY WORDS: EXPUNGEMENT — ABUSE OF DISCRETION
SUMMARY: The trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying defendant’s application for expungement where the trial court considered the victim’s objection and sought additional information to address the victim’s objection.
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED
JUDGES: OPINION by ZAYAS, P.J.; NESTOR and MOORE, JJ., CONCUR.