SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
As a result of a melee in the multi-inmate Dade County jail cell where they were prisoners, the defendant-appellants were each found guilty of the improper exhibition of a weapon (a homemade knife called a "shank") and aggravated assault on a corrections officer. We are compelled to reverse the convictions because of improprieties in the prosecutor's final argument.
The appellants point to many instances of alleged prosecutorial misconduct...
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