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GILLION v. STATE

No. 87-3150.

547 So.2d 719 (1989)

Travis GILLION, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 16, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Marcy K. Allen, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Alfonso M. Saldana, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

LETTS, Judge.

The defendant claims that a new trial and/or a mistrial should have been granted because of prejudicial testimony from a police witness in describing the geographical area in which the defendant was arrested for the sale of cocaine. We affirm.

We cannot but agree that there are several decisions out of this court holding that negative remarks about a geographical location are prejudicial and reversible. For example, in Beneby v. State,

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