ROMERO v. STATE

No. 4D02-5070.

901 So.2d 260 (2005)

Liborio ROMERO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and David John McPherrin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


TAYLOR, J.

Liborio Romero appeals his criminal convictions for first degree murder and manslaughter in a double slaying. We affirm the denial of the defendant's motions for judgment of acquittal. However, we reverse and remand this case for a new trial, because the trial court erred in limiting the defendant's cross-examination of a state witness, and the state compounded the error by commenting on the excluded testimony during closing argument.

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