ESCOBEDO v. STATE

No. 89-637.

561 So.2d 429 (1990)

Juan ESCOBEDO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and James K. Clark, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Ivy R. Ginsberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The appellant's conviction for manslaughter with a firearm is affirmed because reversal may not be based upon either of the points on appeal. Escobedo's first contention is that in final argument the prosecutor was improperly permitted, in effect, to instruct the jury in alleged default of the trial court on the law of flight. See Brownlee v. State, 95 Fla. 775, 116 So. 618 (1928); 15 Fla.Jur.2d Criminal Law § 775 (1979); but see...

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