Parker v. State

CRENSHAW, Judge.

Jerome Parker appeals his judgment and sentence to sixty months in prison, followed by fifteen years of probation, after a jury found him guilty of robbery with a firearm. Because the trial court abused its discretion by denying Mr. Parker’s motions for a mistrial following inappropriate comments made by the State on Mr. Parker’s postarrest silence, we reverse.

Factual Background

On October 1, 2011, Juan Galvan was robbed at gunpoint by two men. Mr. Gal-van reported this robbery to the police, and he provided a description of the vehicle the robbers fled in, along with a partial…