context: Even so, our confidence in the outcome of the penalty phase is not undermined by counsel's error. We have found similar comments either not improper or harmless under the circumstances.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 680 So.2d 413, 418
citation_a.parenthetical: finding prosecutor's use of the word "exterminate" in the context of the case improper but harmless
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Salazar v. State, 991 So.2d 364, 377 (Fla.2008) (finding prosecutor’s use of the word “terrorizing” in reference to the burglary aggravating offense was not improper); Bonifay v. State, 680 So.2d 413, 418 (Fla.1996) (finding prosecutor’s use of the word “exterminate” in the context of the case improper but harmless); cf. Brooks v. State, 762 So.2d 879, 905 (Fla.2000) (reversing for a new penalty phase for cumulative error where prosecutor made repeated comments about the violent and vicious nature of the defendant as well as numerous other improper comments).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 762 So.2d 879, 905
citation_b.parenthetical: reversing for a new penalty phase for cumulative error where prosecutor made repeated comments about the violent and vicious nature of the defendant as well as numerous other improper comments
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Salazar v. State, 991 So.2d 364, 377 (Fla.2008) (finding prosecutor’s use of the word “terrorizing” in reference to the burglary aggravating offense was not improper); Bonifay v. State, 680 So.2d 413, 418 (Fla.1996) (finding prosecutor’s use of the word “exterminate” in the context of the case improper but harmless); cf. Brooks v. State, 762 So.2d 879, 905 (Fla.2000) (reversing for a new penalty phase for cumulative error where prosecutor made repeated comments about the violent and vicious nature of the defendant as well as numerous other improper comments).