HASSELL, Justice.
The dispositive issue we consider in this appeal is whether the defendant in a criminal case is entitled to have his convictions set aside because of improper closing argument by the Commonwealth's Attorney.
Jeffrey Theodore Kitze was indicted by a grand jury in Albemarle County for rape and malicious wounding. He was tried before a jury and convicted of both offenses. The jury fixed his punishment at 27 years in the penitentiary for rape...
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