MONTGOMERY, Judge.
A jury convicted John Joseph Coutee (Defendant) of second degree murder and armed criminal action. He appeals, raising the following points: (1) the trial court should have sua sponte declared a mistrial when the prosecutor referred to Defendant as a racist; (2) the court should have excluded certain trial testimony, which Defendant claims was meant solely to portray him as a racist; and (3) the court should have declared a mistrial when...
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