BECKER v. STATE

No. 4D11-71.

110 So.3d 473 (2013)

Todd E. BECKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antony P. Ryan , Regional Counsel, and Louis G. Carres , Special Assistant Conflict Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mark J. Hamel , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


CIKLIN, J.

Raising a plethora of issues, Todd Becker appeals his conviction for solicitation to commit home invasion robbery and subsequent fifteen-year sentence. We find that an improper prosecutorial comment during closing argument warrants reversal of his conviction and remand for a new trial.

The state charged Becker with conspiracy to commit home invasion robbery with a firearm, solicitation to commit home invasion robbery with a firearm, and possession...

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