GRIFFIN v. STATE

No. 62-628.

150 So.2d 466 (1963)

Thomas Morrison GRIFFIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

March 13, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey J. St. Jean, Miami Beach, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Leonard Mellon, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before PEARSON, TILLMAN, C.J., and CARROLL and BARKDULL, JJ.


PEARSON, TILLMAN, Chief Judge.

The defendant was found guilty at a jury trial of breaking and entering a dwelling and of grand larceny. He was sentenced to fifteen years on the first charge and five on the second — the terms to run consecutively.

The defendant did not take the stand, nor did he offer any evidence in his own behalf. During the closing argument of the State, the Assistant State Attorney made several separate statements which counsel for...

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