MELEHAN v. STATE

No. 4D09-5326.

126 So.3d 1118 (2012)

Patrick James MELEHAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry A. Klein of Holland & Knight LLP, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


CONNER, J.

Patrick Melehan appeals his conviction and sentence for manslaughter and burglary with an assault or battery after a trial by jury. He argues the trial court erred in four ways: (1) failing to grant a mistrial after improperly admitting deposition testimony of an eyewitness, (2) allowing improper testimony that the eyewitness was threatened by Melehan's friends, (3) failing to grant a mistrial after an improper comment during opening statement by the State...

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