SUMPTER v. STATE

No. 4D01-4403.

838 So.2d 624 (2003)

Andrew J. SUMPTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 26, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Nan Ellen Foley, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Karen Finkle, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GROSS, J.

We affirm appellant's conviction of robbery while wearing a mask to conceal his identity.

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in its denial of a cause challenge to juror Mellon, or of a motion for mistrial directed at the comment of a police officer during his direct examination. As to the police officer's comment, the trial court sustained defense counsel's objection and gave a curative instruction to the jury. The comment was unsolicited...

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