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WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. F-80-705.

658 P.2d 499 (1983)

Jerry WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

February 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Barrett, Asst. Appellate Public Defender, Norman, for appellant.

Jan Eric Cartwright, Atty. Gen., Susan Talbot, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Appellate Criminal Div., Oklahoma City, for appellee.

OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

The appellant, Jerry Williams, was convicted of Rape in the First Degree in Johnson County District Court. He received a sentence of life imprisonment.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether improper arguments by the prosecuting attorney denied Williams a fair and impartial trial. We find that due to the numerous instances of prosecutorial misconduct the appellant must be afforded...

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