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Robinson v. State

Citations

  • 693 N.E.2d 548
  • 1998 WL 154678

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  • holding that prosecutor’s comments disparaging defense counsel and insinuating that defense counsel was trying to mislead the jury did not amount to fundamental error
  • holding Robinson’s conviction for robbery not barred by fact victim died before property taken
  • holding Robinson’s conviction for robbery not barred by fact victim died before property taken
  • clarifying that the proper procedure in the face of alleged improper argument is to request an admonishment, and mistrial if necessary, but that failure to so move results in waiver of the issue
  • distinguishing near-verbatim statement, which is discoverable, from nondiscoverable police notes that merely contain occasional quotation
  • rejecting a claim of fundamental error involving a closing argument in which the defendant claimed “that the prosecutor disparaged him or his counsel in front of the jury, or suggested that the defense was trying to mislead the jury”

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Judges: Shepard, Dickson, Selby, Boehm

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