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PORTERFIELD v. STATE

No. BP-438.

522 So.2d 483 (1988)

Harrison PORTERFIELD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and Phil Patterson, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Patricia Conners, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

SHIVERS, Judge.

Harrison Porterfield appeals from a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession and sale of cocaine. Porterfield raises several issues in this appeal; however, because we conclude that the trial court reversibly erred in not granting Porterfield's motion for a mistrial after the State referred to his failure to testify during opening and closing arguments, we find it unnecessary to discuss any of Porterfield's other points of error. We reverse and...

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