Stinfil v. State

We affirm the conviction and sentence of the appellant. In so doing, we recede from Hernandez v. State, 575 So.2d 1321 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991), approved on other grounds, 596 *672So.2d 671 (Fla.1992), to the extent that Hernandez held that because of the authoritative positions held by two police officers and a teacher, their testimony that they believed a child victim’s accusations in a sexual assault trial could amount to reversible error even absent the defendant’s lack of objection at trial. Hernandez, 575 So.2d at 1322.

In this case, the prosecutor’s questions to an investigating deputy and…