Legal Opinion
MacIas v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 3, 1984No. 83-447PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
447 So.2d 1020 (1984)
Lazaro MACIAS, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 83-447.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 3, 1984.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and May L. Cain, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Penny H. Brill, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HENDRY and FERGUSON, JJ.
2Per curiam
The action of the prosecutor in questioning whether the murder victim had ever seen his posthumously born child was an extremely improper appeal to the sympathy of the jury. Edwards v. State, 428 So.2d 357 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983);…
3Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. MurraySupreme Court of Florida · 1984
- Edwards v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
- Anthony Chester Cundiff v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Rodriguez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
- Gomez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
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4Cited by4 opinions
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