Case Name: Ernest E. KATES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1974-01-09
Citations: 288 So. 2d 260
Docket Number: No. 73-461
Parties: Ernest E. KATES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: HOBSON and BOARDMAN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 288
Pages: 260–260

Head Matter:
Ernest E. KATES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 73-461.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Jan. 9, 1974.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 7, 1974.
Ernest E. Kates, pro se, and James A. Gardner, Public Defender, Bradenton, and Elliott C. Metcalfe, Jr., and Robert B. Persons, Jr., Asst. Public Defenders, Sarasota, for appellant.
Robert E. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Guy E. Labalme, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
MANN, Chief Judge.
The prosecutor did argue improperly to the jury, but on the entire record we find that the error is harmless.
It was error to sentence Kates on count II, and the sentence on that count is vacated. Cone v. State, Fla.1973, 285 So.2d 12; Hernandez v. State, Fla.App.2d 1973, 278 So.2d 307. We see no necessity for the return of the appellant for resentencing,
Affirmed as modified.
HOBSON and BOARDMAN, JJ., concur.