SMITH v. STATE

No. 5D01-3084.

818 So.2d 707 (2002)

Emmanuel SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

June 21, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Allison Havens, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


SHARP, W., J.

Smith appeals from his judgment and sentence for sale of cocaine.1 He argues on appeal that he is entitled to a new trial because of improper comments by the prosecutor during closing argument. We affirm.

The evidence at trial was in dispute. Officer Adkins testified that as an undercover officer, driving a borrowed vehicle equipped with a one-way radio "bug," he purchased a $20.00 piece of crack cocaine from Smith...

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