Case Name: Roy McCULLUM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-05-06
Citations: 488 So. 2d 125
Docket Number: No. 85-436
Parties: Roy McCULLUM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 488
Pages: 125–126

Head Matter:
Roy McCULLUM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 85-436.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 6, 1986.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Helen Ann Hauser, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Steven T. Scott, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HUBBART, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
On the only point raised for our consideration, we hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting the prosecuting attorney, over the defendant's objection, to play the defendant's tape recorded confession to the jury during the rebuttal portion of the prosecutor's closing argument where the recording itself had been admitted as evidence during the trial of the case and the replaying of it at this final stage of the proceedings was an appropriate response to the defense attorney's closing argument. See United States v. Guess, 745 F.2d 1286 (9th Cir.1984), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 105 S.Ct. 1219, 84 L.Ed.2d 360 (1985).
Affirmed.