ROGERS v. STATE

No. 5D01-3211.

844 So.2d 728 (2003)

Justin Lee ROGERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Nancy Ryan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and David H. Foxman and Patrick W. Krechowski, Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


TORPY, J.

Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Appellant raises one issue on appeal: whether the trial judge erred in permitting the State to reopen its case in the middle of closing argument for the purpose of introducing a previously suppressed confession. We reverse.

On January 5, 2000, Thomas Rogers, Appellant's uncle, died from five gunshot wounds. Appellant confessed to deputies that he had killed his uncle...

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