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SWEETING v. STATE

No. 3D17-959.

260 So.3d 520 (2018)

Ebony SWEETING, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed December 12, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos J. Martinez , Public Defender, and Billie Jan Goldstein and James Odell , Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Christina L. Dominguez , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before LAGOA, LOGUE, and SCALES, JJ.

Ebony Sweeting ("Sweeting") appeals her conviction and sentence for one count of battery of a law enforcement officer. Because comments made by the State's prosecutor during closing argument improperly shifted the burden of proof, we reverse.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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