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DIXON v. STATE

Case No. 91-04209.

627 So.2d 19 (1993)

Thomas W. DIXON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied November 24, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dee A. Setchel, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Dale E. Tarpley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

PATTERSON, Judge.

This appeal arises from a prosecution for aggravated child abuse. Both the appellant, Thomas W. Dixon, and the child's mother, Gloria Snell, were charged with the abuse of Snell's fourteen-month-old child. Snell pled guilty and testified on behalf of the state, placing the primary blame on Dixon. Dixon did not testify.

During closing argument, the prosecutor told the jury:

He was abused by both parents. But only one parent has come...

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