SMITH v. STATE

No. 72-92.

273 So.2d 414 (1973)

Marwell J. SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Alch and James Michael Merberg, Boston, Mass., and Robert H. Schultz, Bradenton, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


HOBSON, Judge.

Appellant appeals a judgment and sentence of life imprisonment entered upon a finding of guilty of the offense of robbery. His defense at trial was that he was legally insane at the time he performed the act charged.

Appellant urges that the trial court erred in denying his motion for mistrial or, in the alternative, in refusing to instruct the jury to disregard certain improper remarks made by the prosecutor in closing argument.

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