FELTON v. STATE

No. 5D99-912.

753 So.2d 793 (2000)

Larry FELTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 31, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Pamela J. Koller, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


HARRIS, J.

Felton was convicted of aggravated battery with a firearm. He appeals claiming prosecutorial misconduct in relation to the closing argument. We find most of the instances of alleged improper argument not to be improper. For example, when the credibility of the victim-witness was challenged because of his criminal record, the prosecutor responded:

In this case you had Reginald Bellamy who's been convicted, he said seven times of a felony. But that...

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