RODRIGUEZ v. STATE

No. 2D99-2195.

761 So.2d 381 (2000)

Vincent RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Howardene Garrett, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

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


DAVIS, Judge.

Vincent Rodriguez appeals his convictions for robbery with a firearm and grand theft. Due to the circumstantial nature of the case, which turned on the State's identification evidence and Rodriguez's credibility as a witness, we must reverse Rodriguez's convictions and remand this case for a new trial because of prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel apparent on the face of the record.

Although Rodriguez raises a multitude...

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