Huffman v. State

500 So.2d 349 (1987)

Willie HUFFMAN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 4-86-0070.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 7, 1987.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Cindy E. D'Agostino, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

We affirm. Appellant's motions for mistrial were properly denied. While reference by a state witness to the fact that a defendant was arrested in a high crime area has been held to be reversible error, Beneby v. State,…