Bates v. State

649 So.2d 908 (1995)

Wayne Steven BATES, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 93-3036.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 1, 1995.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tanja Ostapoff and Pamala Hanna, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Edward L. Giles, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

We reverse appellant's conviction and sentence for aggravated assault on police officers, agreeing with him that the state's improper comment on his mother's failure to testify may have led…