ANTOINETTE BACON, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 1996-05-01
No. 95-1190
DELL, POLEN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.
672 So. 2d 658 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1996) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant and codefendants Algie Knight and Calvin Williams were convicted of trafficking in heroin. Appellant argues that the prosecutor’s remarks in closing warrant a new trial. In Knight v. State, 672 So. 2d 590 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996), we addressed the same issue and held that the prosecutor’s improper comments mandated a new trial. Accordingly, we reverse and remand this case for a new trial.

REVERSED and REMANDED.

DELL, POLEN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.


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