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Green v. State, Case No. 2D08-4326 (Fla. App. 2/10/2010) (Fla. App., 2010)

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JEFFERY LENARD GREEN a/k/a JEFFREY L. GREEN, JR., Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 2D08-4326. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District. Opinion filed February 10, 2010. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County, Mark F. Carpanini, Judge. Matthew P. Farmer of Farmer & Fitzgerald, Tampa, for Appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine Coombs Cline, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. VILLANTI, Judge. Jeffrey Green appeals his convictions and sentences for one count of first-degree felony murder, one count of armed burglary of a dwelling, and one count of armed robbery. We reverse and remand for a new trial because the trial court erred in Page 2 denying Green’s motions for mistrial predicated on the prosecutor’s improper comments concerning Green’s exercise of his right to remain silent...continue to full post

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