FOLSE v. STATE

No. 57992.

519 So.2d 1224 (1988)

James FOLSE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred L. Cooper, Columbia, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by W.O. Dillard, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.


DAN M. LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

James Folse was convicted of burglary of a dwelling in the Circuit Court of Marion County and sentenced to serve ten years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Because of improper statements made by the prosecutor in closing argument, we reverse.

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