HARDING v. STATE

No. 97-02211.

736 So.2d 1230 (1999)

Gary Mark HARDING, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Robert D. Rosen, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deborah F. Hogge, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


FULMER, Judge.

Gary Harding appeals his conviction for three counts of lewd sexual battery in violation of section 800.04(3), Florida Statutes (1995). While we affirm, we write to expressly disapprove the argument that Harding's trial counsel sought to present to the jury.

Harding asserts that the trial court should have allowed his counsel to ask the jury not to follow the law. During closing argument, Harding's counsel told the jury that "sometimes the law...

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