JONES v. STATE

No. SS-222.

385 So.2d 1042 (1980)

Samuel Ray JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied July 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


SHIVERS, Judge.

Appellant was found guilty of sexual battery and kidnapping by a jury and this appeal was taken from the judgment and resulting sentence. He has presented four points on appeal, two of which merit discussion and are as follows: (1) The court erred in denying a motion for mistrial when the prosecutor insinuated during questioning of a state witness that threats had been made against the witness if she testified against appellant. (2) The trial court...

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