PENDARVIS v. STATE

No. 2D98-216.

752 So.2d 75 (2000)

Lawrence Edward PENDARVIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Deborah K. Brueckheimer, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Timothy A. Freeland, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


PATTERSON, Chief Judge.

Lawrence Pendarvis was tried and convicted of 129 counts of possession of child pornography. Because of gross prosecutorial misconduct in closing argument, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

Pendarvis was employed by the Polk County Health Unit at the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS). He had his own office and computer. Susan Helms, the administrative services director, and Thomas Letts, a temporary computer...

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