JEAN-MARIE v. STATE

No. 4D07-727.

993 So.2d 1160 (2008)

Christopher JEAN-MARIE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 5, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Peggy Natale, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diane F. Medley, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter and argues that the trial court erred in prohibiting his counsel from pointing out, in closing argument, that the state had failed to call as a witness the detective who had taken appellant's statement and had investigated the crime. We affirm.

As a result of a fight and a stabbing in which the victim died, appellant was charged with second degree murder, but convicted of manslaughter. The witness at issue...

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