THORNAL, Justice.
Appellant Pait seeks reversal of a judgment of conviction and sentence to death entered pursuant to a jury verdict finding him guilty of murder in the first degree without recommendation of mercy.
Our judgment turns on certain aspects of the closing argument of the State Attorney.
Pait was indicted for the murder of one Adolf Rothman by shooting him with a pistol. The evidence submitted by the prosecution tended to establish that...
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