Williams v. State

The defendant, Ronald Williams, challenges his convictions and sentences for attempted first degree murder and attempted second degree murder. We affirm.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court abused its discretion by overruling defense counsel’s objections to statements made during the State’s closing argument and denying the defendant’s motions for mistrial following these statements. While we find that the statements were improper, we affirm the defendant’s convictions because, based on the overwhelming evidence of guilt, the error was harmless. See Goodwin v. State, 751 So.2d…