Brown v. State

462 So.2d 840 (1985)

Mack BROWN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. AX-452.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 11, 1985.

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Barbara Ann Butler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jacksonville, for appellee.

SMITH, Judge.

Brown appeals his convictions for second degree murder and second degree arson. He contends that he is entitled to a new trial due to an erroneous jury instruction as well as an improper closing argument made by the prosecutors…