JOHNS v. STATE

No. 2D01-4436.

832 So.2d 959 (2002)

Jermaine Carlos JOHNS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Ronald S. Tulin, Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Richard E. Doran, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sonya Roebuck Horbelt, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


GREEN, OLIVER L., Senior Judge.

Jermaine Carlos Johns challenges his conviction and sentence for attempted robbery while wearing a mask. Johns raises four issues on appeal, only one of which has merit. Because we agree that improper comments made in the State's closing argument denied Johns a fair trial, we reverse.

The evidence at trial established that two men attempted to rob a Burger King manager as he was leaving the restaurant after closing. One of the...

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