WALLER, Justice, for the Court:
INTRODUCTION
¶ 1. Appellant Christopher Smith was indicted for the murder of Joshua Jones, his cousin. At trial, during closing argument by Smith's attorney, the bailiff prematurely called time before counsel could make his argument for the lesser offense of manslaughter. There was no contemporaneous objection to this error. Smith was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in the custody of the...
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