LAWTON v. STATE

No. 88-577.

538 So.2d 1369 (1989)

Torrence LAWTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Sheryl J. Lowenthal, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Steven T. Scott and Michael Neimand, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by the defendant Torrence Lawton from judgments of conviction and sentences for first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and robbery based on an adverse jury verdict. We find no merit in the defendant's three points on appeal and affirm.

First, the trial court committed no reversible error in recessing the trial below for a brief period after the state had presented all but...

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