SHEPPARD v. STATE

No. 4D12-4574.

143 So.3d 1057 (2014)

Garry Augustus SHEPPARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Amy Lora Rabinowitz , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Nancy Jack , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant raises two issues in his appeal of his conviction for burglary and petit theft. Because we find that neither claim has merit, we affirm.

First, appellant claims the prosecutor improperly commented during her closing statement on his right to remain silent, when she directed jurors to use their common sense and rhetorically asked, "How else is his palm print and his thumbprint going to end up...

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