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Stephens v. State

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NATHAN STEPHENS, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 2D07-1582. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District. Opinion filed July 18, 2008. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County, Donald G. Jacobsen, Judge. James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Tosha Cohen, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Timothy A. Freeland, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. NORTHCUTT, Chief Judge. A jury convicted Nathan Stephens of possession of cocaine, possession of paraphernalia, and loitering and prowling. He has appealed, seeking a new trial based on alleged prosecutorial misconduct in closing argument. He also contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the paraphernalia and the loitering convictions...continue to full post

Full post as published by Florida Criminal Law Opinions on July 18, 2008 (boomark / email).