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Powell v. State

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AARON POWELL, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D07-1264 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. June 25, 2008. Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County, Robert O. Collins, Judge, L.T. Case No. 02-4154 JR11A. Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ian Seldin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee. POLEN, J. Appellant Aaron Powell timely appeals his involuntary commitment pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act. Powell argues that the trial court erred in denying his motions for mistrial and new trial based on the state’s allegedly improper closing argument...continue to full post

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