Case Name: ROBINSON v STATE OF FLORIDA
Court: Florida Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-02-27
Citations: 34 Fla. Supp. 2d 34
Docket Number: Case No. 88-4465-AC-A
Parties: ROBINSON v STATE OF FLORIDA
Judges: Before JACKSON, HARRIS, MOXLEY, JJ.
Reporter: Florida Supplement Second
Volume: 34
Pages: 34–35

Head Matter:
ROBINSON v STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 88-4465-AC-A
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Brevard County
February 27, 1989
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Thomas H. Yardley, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
No appearance for the State of Florida, appellee herein.
Before JACKSON, HARRIS, MOXLEY, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
JOHN DEAN MOXLEY, JR., Circuit Judge.
This case involved the prosecution of a charge of resisting an officer without violence in violation of Section 843.02 Florida Statutes. Three witness for the government as well as Defendant testified at the trial. Thereafter the trial court enforced a ten minute limitation on closing arguments. In light of the quantity of evidence adduced during this trial, we hold that the enforcement of a ten minute time limitation on closing argument for the Defendant violated due process of law. Stanley v State, 453 So.2d 530 (DCA 5 1985). We therefore reverse the judgment and sentence and remand this case for a new trial. JACKSON, EDWARD M.; and HARRIS, CHARLES M., concur.