CISNEROS v. STATE

No. 95-1973.

678 So.2d 888 (1996)

Esperanza Meza CISNEROS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Cherry Grant, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee; and Anne Carrion, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


BAKER, MOSES, Jr., Associate Judge.

Appellant, Esperanza Cisneros, defendant below, appeals her conviction and sentence for possession of marijuana with intent to sell. We reverse and remand for a new trial because of the prosecutor's patently improper remarks during closing argument.

The State's case hinged squarely upon the believability of the testimony of Sergeant Tommy Hagler of the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office. According to Sergeant Hagler, Customs...

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