WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 95-1290.

674 So.2d 155 (1996)

Terrance WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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


STONE, Judge.

The judgment and sentence are affirmed. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Appellant's motion to strike the jury venire.

During voir dire, the prosecutor, in the course of asking prospective jurors about their understanding of the state's burden, commented as to reasonable doubt that the burden was not to prove guilt to "100 percent certainty." Following an objection, the court advised the jury that what the lawyers say is...

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