Walker v. State

710 So.2d 1029 (1998)

John Davis WALKER, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 97-2497.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 27, 1998.

Andrew F. Rier, Miami, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Consuelo Maingot, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.

We reverse defendant's convictions and remand for a new trial on the basis of the prosecutor's comments. The prosecutor described the defendant as "repulsive", and argued to the jury that he "has the face of a liar" and that he treated his wife…