Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 9, 2017No. 3D14-2270PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLuck, J.
Charles Kyle Williams appeals his aggravated battery conviction and sentence, following a jury trial, because (1) of improper statements made by the state during closing argument and (2) the trial court’s sentence was unconstitutionally vindictive. After review of the record and briefs, and with the benefit of oral argument, we affirm.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On March 18, 2013, Michelle Emmanuel (a student at Miami-Dade College) went to the college computer lab to visit her boyfriend, Williams, who was a Miami-Dade College employee working in the lab. The couple discussed a…
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