WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 97-2017.

707 So.2d 1204 (1998)

Reginald WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Manuel Alvarez, Special Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Christine E. Zahralban, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The sole claim of trial error on this appeal from a conviction for attempted first degree murder stems from the prosecutor's comment in final argument concerning the defendant's failure to take the stand. The record shows, however, that the remark was in fair rebuttal to the defense argument. See Brown v. State, 367 So.2d 616 (Fla.1979). Moreover, the only relief sought below was granted by the trial...

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