AUSTIN v. STATE

No. 96-2460.

700 So.2d 1233 (1997)

Kerry AUSTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied November 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Cherry Grant, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sharon A. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STONE, Chief Judge.

We affirm Appellant's conviction and sentence on counts of aggravated assault, throwing a deadly missile into a building, and resisting arrest. Appellant seeks reversal on two issues: the trial court's denial of a mid-trial continuance, and the court's overruling of an objection to a comment by the state in closing argument that Appellant construes as a comment on his failure to testify.

At trial, the victim stated that she was approached...

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