BOYKINS v. STATE

No. 5D00-1768.

783 So.2d 317 (2001)

Anthony B. BOYKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Linda L. Gaustad, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Pamela J. Koller, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


GRIFFIN, J.

The defendant below, Anthony B. Boykins ["Boykins"], was convicted of robbery with a firearm. He seeks a new trial, asserting that the trial court erred in refusing to strike four jurors for cause, in limiting the scope of cross-examination of a witness and in failing to grant a mistrial based on prosecutorial misconduct during closing argument. We find no reversible error, but we believe that one claim warrants discussion.

During voir dire, Juror...

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