HOLMES v. STATE

No. 3D99-311.

757 So.2d 620 (2000)

Dwayne Erwin HOLMES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Gary K. Milligan, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, GODERICH and RAMIREZ, JJ.


RAMIREZ, J.

Appellant Dwayne Erwin Holmes appeals his conviction and sentence for four counts of sexual battery with a deadly weapon and one count for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Because the prosecutor impermissibly impeached a key defense witness when he testified on a crucial, disputed issue and because of improper closing argument, we reverse.

The charges arose from a sexual encounter between Holmes and Bonnie Deimel, an admitted drug...

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