Chavez v. State

215 So.2d 750 (1968)

Armando CHAVEZ, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 68-24.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

November 20, 1968.

Raymond E. LaPorte, of Ragano & LaPorte, Tampa, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William D. Roth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for appellee.

MANN, Judge.

If oratory comes, can reversal be far behind? In this case a zealous prosecutor, summing up to the jury, said, "This is your community. If you believe that Deputy Booth is lying on that witness stand, if you think that he's mistaken then you come in with a verdict…