JONES v. STATE

Case No. 5D19-2771.

308 So.3d 1125 (2020)

Alex JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed December 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and Steven N. Gosney , Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and L. Charlene Matthews , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


Alex Jones appeals the judgment and sentence entered after he was convicted of second-degree murder with a firearm. He argues that certain comments made by the prosecutor during opening statement and closing argument constituted fundamental error. We agree that, in discussing Jones' self-defense claim, it was clearly improper for the...

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