Ex Parte Stubbs

Nov 6, 1987
86-975
Reporters:
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Before:
Per Curiam

We granted the ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‍petition for writ of certiorari to review the single issue whether the Court of Criminal Appeals, 522 So.2d 317, erred in rejecting the defendant‘s contention that the trial ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‍court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial based on the remark of the district attorney during closing argument. The issue and the opposing position with ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‍respect to its disposition are set forth in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals and in the dissenting opinion of Judge Patterson, which was ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‍joined by Presiding Judge Bowen.

We adopt as the opinion of this Court the dissenting opinion of Judge Patterson, and we reverse the judgment of the Court of ‍​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‍Criminal Appeals.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

TORBERT, C.J., and MADDOX, JONES, SHORES, BEATTY and ADAMS, JJ., concur.