stating that the prosecutor has a right to comment on statements made by defense counsel in closing argument.
How later courts described this case
- stating that the prosecutor has a right to comment on statements made by defense counsel in closing argument.
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
I concur in the majority's affirmance of the appellant's convictions on Counts III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII, for violation of the State Ethics Law. Ala. Code § 36-25-5 (1975).
I respectfully dissent from the majority's conclusion that the appellant did not have the intent to deprive the owner of his property and I would vote to affirm the appellant's convictions on Counts I and II for the offenses of theft by deception in the first degree.