Schlotterlein v. State

I respectfully disagree with the majority per curiam affirmance, without opinion. This was a very close case, hinging on the credibility of witnesses. The prosecutor’s closing argument in which he bolstered the state’s two witnesses’ credibility and vouched for their veracity, was manifestly improper. I cannot agree that the state demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that the cumula*569tive effect of these errors did not contribute to the guilty verdict. See Willis v. State, 669 So.2d 1090 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). Thus, I would reverse this ease for a new trial, although I agree, that had no such…