State v. Cook

ANDREWS, Judge.

The state petitions for writ of certiorari to review an order of the Court of Record for Broward County granting a motion to acquit the defendants, Edward H. Cook, Richard Willard Kay and Paul Panczko, of a robbery charge.

The first trial of the defendants resulted in a mistrial. The second trial resulted in a verdict of guilty. The court granted defendants’ motion for a new trial on the ground that the assistant county solicitor had committed reversible error in his summation to the jury.

As authorized by F.S.A. § 924.07(2) the state appealed the order granting a new trial. The…