KOZAKOFF v. STATE

No. 75-303.

323 So.2d 28 (1975)

Walter Michael KOZAKOFF, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 12, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Kay, Varon, Stahl & Kay, P.A., Hollywood, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, William L. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, and Steven R. Koons, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


OWEN, Judge.

The trial court's informal but well-intended comments to the jury during the voir dire examination of the jury so prejudiced appellant's right to a fair trial as to warrant reversal of his felony conviction and remand of this cause for a new trial.

While we fully appreciate, and commend, the good intentions of the trial judge to give the jury preliminary instruction regarding their function and basic principles of law necessary to fulfill that...

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