Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2011

Hall v. State

Hall v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided September 28, 2011 · Rothenberg, Lagoa, Emas
69 So. 3d 1119; 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 15286; 2011 WL 4467351 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Hall v. State

Opinion

EMAS, J.

Milton Hall appeals his convictions and sentence for first-degree murder and armed robbery. He asserts that, on two occasions during closing argument, the State improperly mischaracterized the evidence and that the trial court each time improperly overruled defense counsel’s timely objection.

After conducting a thorough review of the closing arguments, as well as the entirety of the evidence presented at trial, we conclude that the asserted error, if any, 1 was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, and affirm Mr. Hall’s convictions and sentence. Knowles v. State, 848 So.2d 1055 (Fla. 2003); State v. DiGuilio, 491 So.2d 1129 (Fla. 1986).

Affirmed.

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. A careful review of the trial transcript suggests that the remarks made during the State’s closing argument could reasonably have been interpreted as calling upon the jury to assess the credibility of the witness’ testimony, rather than a mischaracterization of what that witness testified to at trial.

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