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Carrion-Viscay v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Dec 3, 1985
478 So. 2d 1192 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

Opinion

No. 83-963.

December 3, 1985.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Gerald Kogan, Judge.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Richard E. Doran, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HENDRY and JORGENSON, JJ.


The judgment and sentence from which the defendant appeals are affirmed upon a holding that the prosecutor's comment in closing argument was proper in that it referred to evidence as it existed before the jury, White v. State, 377 So.2d 1149 (Fla. 1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 845, 101 S.Ct. 129, 66 L.Ed.2d 54 (1980); Robles v. State, 210 So.2d 441 (Fla. 1968); Garcia v. State, 439 So.2d 328 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983); Wilson v. State, 305 So.2d 50 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974), and the sentencing court has the discretion to impose two consecutive life terms, each sentence including a twenty-five year minimum mandatory term, for two first-degree murder convictions, State v. Enmund, 476 So.2d 165, 168 (Fla. 1985); Price v. State, 477 So.2d 671 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985) (on rehearing).

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Carrion-Viscay v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Dec 3, 1985
478 So. 2d 1192 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)
Case details for

Carrion-Viscay v. State

Case Details

Full title:JOSE CARRION-VISCAY, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Dec 3, 1985

Citations

478 So. 2d 1192 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

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