DOUGLAS A. MORIN, PETITIONER,

v.

SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL., RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• Payne v. State, 233 So. 3d 512 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017)
  …if it would like a curative instruction. The defense replied, “No, sir.” [*515] Suggesting that Deputy Dean should be believed because he is a “sworn law enforcement officer, tasked with upholding justice” is improper argument. See Johnson v. State, 177 So. 3d 1005, 1008 (Fla. 1st DGA 2015); Williams v. State, 673 So. 2d 974, 975 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). While the meaning of the trial judge’s response to the objection is arguable, we find that he sustained the objection. The trial judge announced that he sustained…
• Lai v. State, 251 So. 3d 333 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018)
• Lazzaro v. State, 257 So. 3d 543 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018)
  …itive, Lazzaro was clearly prejudiced by the State's argument because the "[i]mproper bolstering of a witness is especially troubling in a case that rests solely on competing witness accounts to establish an element of the crime." Johnson v. State , 177 So. 3d 1005, 1008 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (citing Ortuno v. State , 54 So. 3d 1086, 1089 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011) ; Williams v. State , 673 So. 2d 974, 975 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996) ); see also Sanchez, 445 So. 2d at 2 (reversing conviction because of improper evidence regard…

Authorities Cited

• Baker v. State, 878 So. 2d 1236 (Fla. 2004)