Opinion
No. 1D2022-1604
09-04-2024
Elvis TROTMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
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.
On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. J. Lee Marsh, Judge.
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.
Per Curiam.
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)).
Rowe, Bilbrey, and Kelsey, JJ., concur.