Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1998

St. Jean v. State

St. Jean v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided December 9, 1998 · Cope, Gersten, Schwartz
721 So. 2d 448; 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 15354; 1998 WL 876919 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

St. Jean v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Yves St. Jean appeals his conviction for manslaughter, contending that there should be a reversal on account of a portion of the closing argument by the prosecutor. We conclude that the objected-to argument was fair reply to the defendant’s own closing argument, which charged improper police interrogation techniques. See Ferguson v. State, 417 So.2d 639, 641-42 (Fla. 1982); Kent v. State, 702 So.2d 266, 269 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997), review denied, 717 So.2d 533 (Fla. 1998); Meeks v. State, 667 So.2d 1002, 1002-03 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996).

Affirmed.

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