Jones v. State

Feb 21, 1978
No. 77-50
Reporters:
Before:
Dry
PER CURIAM.

On this appeal by Frankie Jones from a judgment ‍‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍of conviction following a jury trial on drug related charges, and sentence thereon, the sole point raised is that the ‍‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍trial court erred in failing to grant a mistrial based on alleged improper remarks made by the prosecutor during ‍‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍closing argument. From our review of the record in this case, no error is shown as statements made by ‍‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍defense counsel in opening and closing arguments invited the prosecutor’s comments. See Whitney v. State, 132 So.2d 599 (Fla.1961); Ricks v. State, 242 So.2d 763 (Fla. ‍‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍3d DCA 1971); Francis v. State, 343 So.2d 932 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977).

Affirmed.