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JOHNS v. STATE

Nos. 87-1565, 88-98.

547 So.2d 345 (1989)

Leemar Joseph JOHNS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 15, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffery P. Raffle, Coral Gables, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Patricia Ann Ash, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant's conviction for robbery with a firearm is reversed for a new trial because the prosecutor's cross-examination of the defendant concerning his prior convictions, which repeatedly and sarcastically emphasized the issue, prejudicially went beyond the boundaries of the simple question and answer permitted by the applicable law. See McArthur v. Cook, 99 So.2d 565 (Fla. 1957); Sneed v. State, ...

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