GARCIA v. STATE

No. 4D11-2431.

125 So.3d 260 (2013)

Elexis Kim GARCIA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender and Richard B. Greene , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LEVINE, J.

The issue presented for our review is whether the trial court erred in overruling appellant's objection to the prosecutor's statement in closing argument assuring the jury that it would not have heard appellant's taped statement to police if it was not freely and voluntarily made. We find that the trial court erred in overruling appellant's objection, as the prosecutor's statement improperly implied that the voluntariness...

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