Case Name: Leemar Joseph JOHNS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-08-15
Citations: 547 So. 2d 345
Docket Number: Nos. 87-1565, 88-98
Parties: Leemar Joseph JOHNS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 547
Pages: 345–346

Head Matter:
Leemar Joseph JOHNS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Nos. 87-1565, 88-98.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 15, 1989.
Jeffery P. Raffle, Coral Gables, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Patricia Ann Ash, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant's conviction for robbery with a firearm is reversed for a new trial because the prosecutor's cross-examination of the defendant concerning his prior convictions, which repeatedly and sarcastically emphasized the issue, prejudicially went beyond the boundaries of the simple question and answer permitted by the applicable law. See McArthur v. Cook, 99 So.2d 565 (Fla.1957); Sneed v. State, 397 So.2d 931 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981); see also Bryan v. State, 533 So.2d 744 (Fla.1988), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 109 S.Ct. 1765, 104 L.Ed.2d 200 (1989).
It is unnecessary to discuss the remaining points because they are unlikely to recur at the new trial.
Reversed.