Legal Opinion

Layton v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 12, 1983No. 82-769PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

435 So.2d 883 (1983)

Barry LAYTON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 82-769.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 12, 1983.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1983.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Diane Leeds, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

2Per curiam

Because the prosecutor's closing argument comment

"[As] you know, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that Mr. Layton and Mr. Parker, as opposed to the other witnesses, have been…

3Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Trafficante v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
  2. Simpson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  3. David v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1979
  4. Singleton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966
  5. Cunningham v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

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4Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Florida · 2004
  2. Kinnon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  3. Brock v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  4. State v. MoyaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984

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