Castaline v. State

This is an appeal by the defendant Jeffrey Jan Castaline from final judgments of conviction and sentences for (1) two counts of battery [§ 784.03, Fla.Stat. (1991) ]; (2) aggravated assault [§ 784.021, Fla.Stat. (1991) ]; and (3) extortion [§ 836.05, Fla. Stat. (1991) ], based on an adverse jury verdict. The defendant raises several points on appeal, none of which are sufficient to upset the judgments of conviction. We do find error, however, in the sentence imposed.

1. First, we reject the defendant’s claim of prosecutorial misconduct. The eom-plained-of conduct was, for the most part, not…