TROTMAN v. STATE (2024)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Elvis TROTMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 1D2022-1604

Decided: September 04, 2024

Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Danielle Jorden, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Benjamin L. Hoffman, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Affirmed. See Chester v. State, 213 So. 3d 1080, 1082 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017) (“Even when a prosecutor makes an improper comment on a defendant's right to remain silent, a trial court does not abuse its discretion in denying a mistrial where the comment ‘was not so prejudicial as to vitiate the entire trial.’ ” (quoting Poole v. State, 997 So. 2d 382, 391 (Fla. 2008)).

Per Curiam.

Rowe, Bilbrey, and Kelsey, JJ., concur.

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