MIGNOTTE v. STATE

No. 89-3011.

576 So.2d 809 (1991)

Exdol Henry MIGNOTTE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Angelica D. Zayas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before FERGUSON, COPE and LEVY, JJ.


LEVY, Judge.

Exdol Henry Mignotte, the defendant, appeals the denial of his motion for mistrial in a murder case claiming that the State prosecutor attempted to inflame the jury and denigrate the insanity defense during closing argument by discussing "Ted Bundy's" crimes with the jury. We affirm based upon our finding that, in the context of the entire trial and the State's theory of the case, the limited reference to Ted Bundy during closing argument was harmless...

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