WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 4D02-4547.

882 So.2d 1082 (2004)

Kenneth WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 25, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ian Seldin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, C.J.

We affirm a final judgment and civil commitment under the Jimmy Ryce Act (JRA) §§ 394.910-.931, Fla. Stat. (2003). Defendant raised two issues on appeal, only one of which merits discussion.1 The issue is whether it is improper for the State's lawyer in a JRA trial to argue in closing argument that defendant failed to present any contrary expert opinion as to whether he...

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