Acosta v. State

798 So.2d 809 (2001)

Gloria Ann ACOSTA, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 4D00-2943.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 24, 2001.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Benjamin W. Maserang, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

KLEIN, J.

We reverse appellant's convictions for uttering a forged instrument and grand theft because of a statement by a police officer bolstering the credibility of a witness.

The basis of…