OPINION
MOWBRAY, Justice:
The principal issue presented is whether it is permissible for a prosecutor to comment on a defendant's failure to call his wife as a material witness. We hold that it is not permissible and therefore we reverse and remand for a new trial.
THE FACTS
A jury found the appellant, Jack Lloyd George, guilty of the first degree murder of David Stanton. At trial, Robert Land testified that he, George, and George's wife...
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