THEARD v. STATE OF FLORIDA

No. 3D03-752.

861 So.2d 103 (2003)

Jacques E. THEARD, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Jason Helfant and Thomas C. Mielke, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and LEVY and SHEVIN, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The conviction and sentence imposed below for violating an injunction against domestic violence, see section 741.31, Florida Statutes (2001), after a two-day, three-witness jury trial, is reversed for a new one because of the grossly abusive limitation of counsel to five minutes for final argument. See Stockton v. State, 544 So.2d 1006 (Fla.1989); Munez v. State, 643 So.2d 82...

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