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Johns v. State

Citations

  • 832 So. 2d 959
  • 2002 WL 31875201

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  • holding that prosecutor’s request that the jury exercise sympathy for the victim was “clearly improper”
  • finding improper the state's remarks that it had charged the right defendant and only brought charges it could prove
  • finding prosecutor’s request to jury that it show sympathy for the victim was “clearly improper”
  • finding improper the state’s remarks that it had charged the right defendant and only brought charges it could prove
  • finding improper the state's remarks that it had charged the right defendant and only brought charges it could prove
  • stressing that it was improper for the prosecutor to disparage the defendant for having exercised his right to a jury trial and holding that the defendant was entitled to a new trial based on that comment, in addition to other improper comments

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Judges: Green

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