WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 95-2288.

673 So.2d 974 (1996)

Keith Cecil WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Daniels, Public Defender; David P. Gauldin, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Jean-Jacques A. Darius Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

On appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence for possession of cocaine, appellant contends that improper argument by the state's prosecutor in closing argument to the jury mandates reversal. We agree and reverse.

Several Jacksonville Sheriff's deputies were on bicycle patrol when they noticed the smell of marijuana which they believed was coming from the "cigar" they observed appellant smoking. When appellant noticed the officers approaching...

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