WATSON v. STATE

No. 72-470.

270 So.2d 407 (1972)

Elmer WATSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace, Kreutzer & Breslow and Alexander L. Martone, Miami, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and J. Robert Olian and William L. Rogers, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Before PEARSON, CHARLES CARROLL and HAVERFIELD, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Elmer Watson was convicted by a jury of first degree murder and was sentenced by the trial court to life imprisonment. His major point on appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in failing to grant a mistrial following an allegedly prejudicial outburst in the courtroom during the course of the trial.

The evidence adduced at trial reveals that the fatal shooting of Archibold Pinder occurred after the defendant entered the deceased...

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