CRAWFORD v. STATE

No. 94-3078.

663 So.2d 676 (1995)

Patrick Allen CRAWFORD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, Justice.

We reverse defendant's conviction for armed robbery because the prosecutor's comment, that the accomplices who testified against defendant had at least admitted their involvement, was fairly susceptible of being interpreted as a comment on defendant's failure to testify.

Defendant and others were charged with armed robbery, and two of the men involved testified against defendant, admitted their complicity, and claimed that defendant was the...

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