REAVES v. STATE

No. 75-572.

324 So.2d 687 (1976)

Willie REAVES a/k/a Levern McMillan, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender, and Bennett H. Brummer and Karen Gottlieb, Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Ira Loewy, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HENDRY, HAVERFIELD and NATHAN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant seeks reversal of his conviction and five year sentence for grand larceny on the grounds he was denied due process of law as a result of the prosecutor's comment in closing argument on defendant's indigency and legal representation by the public defender.

The prosecution's version of the facts, which the jury chose to believe, is as follows:

Defendant Reaves and a companion entered a Goodyear store. For the purpose of distraction...

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