Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 11, 2015No. 3D13-2335Published

1Opinion of the Court

SHEPHERD, C.J.-

Appellant, Adrian Brown, seeks reversal of his conviction for attempted armed robbery on the basis that comments made by the State in closing argument were improper and deprived the Appellant of a fair trial. Although we agree with the Appellant that the State engaged in improper argument in its closing, we affirm the judgment of conviction in this case because the comments made do not rise to the level of fundamental error. A brief summary of the facts of the case is necessary to explain our. decision.

On October 12, 2010, Brown pulled up behind Willie Singleton in his driveway…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Miller v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  2. State v. FountainDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006

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