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HOUSTON v. STATE

No. 77-1950.

394 So.2d 557 (1981)

Nathaniel HOUSTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Ellen L. Leesfield, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Joel D. Rosenblatt, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, HENDRY and SCHWARTZ, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant was charged, tried and convicted of the crime of robbery, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. During closing argument at trial, the prosecutor made several comments which attacked the veracity of the appellant. Two examples of those statements are:

"Who is telling the truth? If a witness has shown to have knowingly testified falsely concerning any material matter — and he did, he testified falsely — you...

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