Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 19, 1995No. 92-3571PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
653 So.2d 1110 (1995)
Neville JONES, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 92-3571.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 19, 1995.
Neal A. Dupree of the Law Offices of Neal A. Dupree, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Sarah B. Mayer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
KLEIN, Judge.
Because due process requires the state to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt, a prosecutor cannot generally comment on the defendant's failure to produce witnesses, since it can mislead the jury in regard to who has the…
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- William J. Gass v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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- Lawyer v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
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