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KENNERDY v. STATE

No. 96-02102.

749 So.2d 507 (1999)

George KENNERDY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Joanna B. Conner, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Stephen D. Ake, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

George Kennerdy appeals his conviction for aggravated battery. Because we conclude that the prosecutor's inappropriate remarks during closing arguments served to deprive Kennerdy of his right to a fair trial, we reverse.

As the prosecutor acknowledged in her closing argument, the case turned on the credibility of the State's witnesses versus that of the two defense witnesses. In attacking the credibility of the two defense witnesses, the prosecutor...

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