[DOWNLOAD] "Earmar Lawson v. State Indiana" by Court of Appeals of Indiana No. 3-376A60 # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Earmar Lawson v. State Indiana
- Author : Court of Appeals of Indiana No. 3-376A60
- Release Date : January 13, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
Description
A jury convicted Lawson of attempted armed robbery. Only one issue is presented on appeal. Did the court err in failing to grant a mistrial for prosecutorial misconduct during final argument? In the opening portion of final argument, the prosecutor reviewed the testimony of the state's witnesses. He suggested that the state's evidence was without conflict and that the only conflict in the testimony heard at the trial derived from the statement Lawson had assertedly given the police at the time of his arrest and the account he testified to at trial.[Footnote 1] He then proceeded to review the conflict in Lawson's statements. After stating that the court would instruct the jury on credibility, he stated: