Roach v. State of Florida

Roach, the plaintiff in error, was tried and found guilty of the offense of armed robbery (hi-jacking of a load of liquor), and sentenced therefor to life imprison.ment. His defense was not guilty because of insanity. The testimony on that issue was in sharp conflict. Motion for new trial was made and denied. Exception to that ruling ,was taken and the case is now before us on writ of error.

The fifth ground of the motion for a new trial is that the ■Court erred in permitting the Assistant Prosecuting Attor ney in his closing argument to the jury to state that the defendant, B. L. Roach,…