Justice COUSINS delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant, Gordon Sims, was convicted of first degree murder after a jury trial and was sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment. On appeal, Sims argues that: (1) the State, during closing argument, erroneously implied that a State witness had changed his testimony at trial because he was afraid of the defendant; (2) the jury was improperly allowed to view a mug shot of defendant which showed that he had been previously...
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