Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1998

Joseph v. State

Joseph v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided February 4, 1998 · Fletcher, Gersten, Nesbitt
704 So. 2d 1149; 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 858; 1998 WL 39352 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Joseph v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Franky St. Louis Joseph appeals his conviction for premeditated murder contending, inter alia, that certain comments made by the prosecution in closing argument required a mistrial. Our review of the record leads us to conclude that the strong curative instruction promptly given by the trial court alleviated any possible prejudice, thus the court correctly denied the mistrial motion. See, e.g. Kivett v. State, 629 So.2d 249 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993).

Finding no merit in Joseph’s other contention we affirm his conviction.

Affirmed.

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