DUTTON v. STATE

No. 74-515.

306 So.2d 567 (1975)

Lewis O. DUTTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Brian Brennan, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Frank B. Kessler, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WALDEN, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of resisting arrest with violence. He appeals the judgment and argues that certain comments made by the trial judge in front of the panel from which his jury came warranted the granting of his motion for mistrial. We reject the argument and affirm.

The comments objected to by defendant were made to another jury in the presence of the defendant's jury panel undergoing voir dire. They were as follows:

"THE COURT...

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