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Sullivan v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Dec 5, 2007
972 So. 2d 918 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

Opinion

No. 2D06-5546.

December 5, 2007.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County; J. Dale Durrance, Judge.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Steven L. Bolotin, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and John M. Klawikofsky, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


Willie Sullivan challenges the trial court's decision allowing the State to have initial and rebuttal closing arguments in accordance with section 918.19, Florida Statutes (2006), and argues that section 918.19 is unconstitutional. We affirm based on the reasoning in Grice v. State, 967 So.2d 957 (Fla. 1st DCA, 2007).

Affirmed.

WALLACE and LaROSE, JJ., and LOGAN, PAUL E., Associate Judge, concur.


Summaries of

Sullivan v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Dec 5, 2007
972 So. 2d 918 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)
Case details for

Sullivan v. State

Case Details

Full title:Willie SULLIVAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Dec 5, 2007

Citations

972 So. 2d 918 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

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