CHAMBERS v. STATE

6 Div. 202.

382 So.2d 632 (1980)

Willie James CHAMBERS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert C. Hultquist, Birmingham, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., Joseph G. L. Marston, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BOWEN, Judge.

The defendant was indicted for the first degree murder of William Henry Craig. A jury convicted him of manslaughter in the first degree and fixed punishment at ten years' imprisonment. The only issue raised on appeal concerns the impropriety of the prosecutor's remarks in closing argument to the jury.

During closing argument, defense counsel made four objections to the prosecutor's remarks. Those remarks and the objections made by defense counsel...

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