BROWN v. STATE

No. 2D06-5493.

976 So.2d 1201 (2008)

Dwauneario S. BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 26, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Bruno F. DeZayas, Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diana K. Bock, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


FULMER, Judge.

Dwauneario Brown challenges his conviction for first-degree murder, raising five issues. We affirm the conviction and sentence and comment only on his assertion that he was denied his right to the first and last closing argument.

Brown argues that the trial court erred in allowing the State to have first and last closing argument because the statute authorizing this procedure, section 918.19, Florida Statutes (2006), which became effective October...

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