¶1Affirmed. Although the prosecutor made an unobjected to misstatement of law in closing argument, we conclude that the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt when viewed in the context of the entire closing argument; the considerable number of times during argument where the prosecutor made the correct statement of law; the court’s instructions that what the lawyers say is neither evidence nor argument; and the court’s proper instructions of the law. See Almeida v. State, 748 So.2d 922, 927 (Fla.1999).
824 So. 2d 1050
Williams v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 4, 2002
District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2002-09-04
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently March 2018
8 state decisions
Relies on 748 So. 2d 922 - Almeida v. State
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 2002-09-04
View the full empirical analysis of this case →