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BUTLER v. STATE

No. 98-2300.

728 So.2d 286 (1999)

Derondeil Tirell BUTLER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 10, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Dominique T. Suite-Brown, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before COPE, LEVY, and SHEVIN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Derondeil Tirell Butler appeals his conviction for leaving the scene of an accident with injuries. See § 316.027, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1996). The trial court sustained the defendant-appellant's objections to the prosecutor's improper remarks during opening statements, and gave a curative instruction to the jury. We conclude that the denial of the defendant's motion for mistrial was within sound discretion. See Gudinas v. State,

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