Legal Opinion

Gonzalez v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 15, 1984No. 83-1777PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SCOTT, ROBERT G, Judge.

This appeal concerns the propriety of the lower court’s failure to grant defendant’s motions for mistrial based upon improper prosecutorial questioning and comment which permeated and unalterably tainted the jury trial. We reverse.

Appellant was found guilty of the crime of robbery with a firearm and an adjudica*586tion and judgment for robbery was entered by the court.

While it appears, at first blush, that the evidence adduced was sufficient to sustain the jury verdict, nevertheless we reverse because of the incredible prosecutorial conduct which fundamentally tainted the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Coleman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  2. Knight v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Alan Simons Associates, Inc. v. Deltareach Corp. N. V.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
  2. Bonard v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  3. Gargone v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987

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