{"id":402,"date":"2018-10-02T10:37:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T14:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tampacriminallawyer.net\/?p=402"},"modified":"2026-01-08T03:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:11:59","slug":"florida-appeals-court-orders-new-trial-for-man-convicted-of-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/florida-appeals-court-orders-new-trial-for-man-convicted-of-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Appeals Court Orders New Trial for Man Convicted of Robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Courts in the United States will look very closely at allegations of prejudice during a trial. In the courtroom, prejudice does not always mean the same things that it means outside of the courtroom. Generally, prejudice involves prejudging someone based on stereotypes or preconceived notions about who they are, often based on race, gender, etc. In the courtroom context, prejudice involves the jury believing that someone is guilty based on something other than the evidence. Prosecutors, as representatives of the state, have a special interest and responsibility toward a just outcome. Thus, they may be held to a higher standard. Judges may look at the behavior of the prosecutor to analyze it for potential misconduct and\/or whether it was prejudicial.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Prosecutorial Misconduct<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This case was heard by the Florida Second Circuit Court of Appeal. In his initial trial, the defendant was charged with robbery with a deadly weapon. The jury found him guilty of that charge. On appeal, the defendant asserted a number of different claims. One of the claims that the defendant brought on appeal was an allegation of prosecutorial misconduct. Specifically, the defendant argued that it was error for the court to have allowed the prosecutor to suggest that the victim changed his story between the robbery and the trial due to actions by the defense counsel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/florida-appeals-court-orders-new-trial-for-man-convicted-of-robbery\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Florida Appeals Court Orders New Trial for Man Convicted of Robbery\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courts in the United States will look very closely at allegations of prejudice during a trial. In the courtroom, prejudice does not always mean the same things that it means outside of the courtroom. Generally, prejudice involves prejudging someone based on stereotypes or preconceived notions about who they are, often based on race, gender, etc. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weapons"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Florida Robbery Case: New Trial Ordered on Appeal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Convicted of robbery in Florida? 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