State v. Monroe

691 So.2d 518 (1997)

STATE of Florida, Appellant,

v.

David T. MONROE, Appellee.

No. 96-01706.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 14, 1997.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 1997.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee and Stephen D. Ake, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Cynthia J. Dodge, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.

FRANK, Judge.

In this case we are asked to review the trial court's granting of a new trial to the defendant. The trial court judge based his decision primarily on his…