STONE v. STATE

No. 88-03431.

548 So.2d 307 (1989)

David Heston STONE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony S. Battaglia and Bruce G. Howie of Battaglia, Ross, Hastings and Dicus, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


RYDER, Judge.

Appellant contests his conviction for conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, raising four points on appeal. Because we find that reversible error was committed with regard to one of the four points, we need not address the others.

During closing argument, the prosecutor made the following comment:

Now what you're going to hear is that a defense for the crime of criminal conspiracy is that David...

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