GREEN v. STATE

No. 2D08-4326.

27 So.3d 731 (2010)

Jeffery Lenard GREEN a/k/a Jeffrey L. Green, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew P. Farmer of Farmer & Fitzgerald, Tampa, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine Coombs Cline, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


VILLANTI, Judge.

Jeffrey Green appeals his convictions and sentences for one count of first-degree felony murder, one count of armed burglary of a dwelling, and one count of armed robbery. We reverse and remand for a new trial because the trial court erred in denying Green's motions for mistrial predicated on the prosecutor's improper comments concerning Green's exercise of his right to remain silent.

Background Facts

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