CARPENTER v. STATE

No. 95-0383.

664 So.2d 1167 (1995)

Robert CARPENTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Joseph R. Chloupek, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Anne Carrion, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, Judge.

The question posed by this appeal is whether the court should have granted a mistrial because the prosecutor asked defendant if he made an incriminating admission against interest, defendant denied it, and the prosecutor did not subsequently prove it. We conclude that where the court is satisfied that the prosecutor has a good faith belief that the fact insinuated is true, the question is permissible.

Defendant, who was charged with second degree...

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