DAVIS v. STATE

No. 67-793.

214 So.2d 41 (1968)

Tommy Edward DAVIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

September 24, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Koeppel, Public Defender, and Jeffrey Michael Cohen, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Melvin Grossman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before CHARLES CARROLL, C.J., and BARKDULL and SWANN, JJ.


SWANN, Judge.

The defendant, Davis, was tried by jury, found guilty of robbery and sentenced to the state penitentiary for twenty years.

On appeal, he claims reversible error was committed "in that the court permitted the state to make an improper and highly prejudicial closing argument to the jury."

The defendant took the stand during his trial and admitted on cross-examination that he had previously been convicted of three felonies and a misdemeanor...

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