FRANCIS v. STATE

No. 78-2151.

384 So.2d 967 (1980)

Danford FRANCIS, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Peter Raben and Herb Smith, Asst. Public Defenders, Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Steven R. Jacob, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HUBBART, J., and CHAPPELL, BILL G., Associate Judge and PEARSON, TILLMAN (Ret.), Associate Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant, Danford Francis, Jr., was convicted of armed robbery, and he now appeals on the ground that a mistrial should have been granted due to the prosecutor's closing remarks as to his personal belief in the credibility of the identification witness, Beamer Burley.

These remarks1 in which the prosecutor asserted his personal opinion as to the credibility of the witness, Burley, appear to be in violation of DR7-106...

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