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VELA v. STATE

No. 77-1860.

396 So.2d 267 (1981)

Manuel VELA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 7, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and (Beth C. Weitzner, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Paul Mendelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HENDRY, BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We reverse appellant's second-degree murder conviction on the ground that both the pattern and content of the prosecutor's questioning, as well as portions of her closing argument, impermissibly prejudiced appellant's right to a fair trial. Peterson v. State, 376 So.2d 1230 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979), cert. denied, 386 So.2d 642 (Fla. 1980); Sims v. State, 371 So.2d 211

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