Demick v. State

Appellant has raised several issues which are identical to those raised in the companion case of Morrissey v. State, 451 So.2d 526, which decision is issued simultaneously herewith. We resolve those issues in accord with the opinion in Morrissey. However, appellant has also raised a claim that he was entitled to a mistrial when the prosecutor stated in closing argument that the state’s chief witness, an admitted participant in the same crimes alleged against appellant, had, unlike appellant, voluntarily given a detailed and truthful statement to the police admitting his participation in the…