Legal Opinion

Robinson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 4, 2017No. 4D14-4270PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtForst, J.

Appellant Denton Robinson appeals the trial court’s verdict finding him guilty of three counts of committing sexual battery on a child between twelve and eighteen years of age. On appeal, Appellant challenges the trial court’s jury instructions; on that issue, we affirm without discussion. Appellant also contends the State committed fundamental error in closing arguments. Although we agree, as discussed below, that the State’s prosecutor made several inappropriate comments during closing argument, we hold that these comments, both singularly and collectively, did not rise to the level of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. State v. DelvaSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  2. Bertolotti v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  3. Kilgore v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
  4. Garron v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  5. Deparvine v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008

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3Cited by4 opinions

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  4. RICHARD CARLTON JOHNSTON v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2023

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