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BURTON v. STATE

No. 2001-KA-01381-COA.

837 So.2d 207 (2002)

Randy Kirk BURTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Coleman, Ackerman, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by: Jean Smith Vaughan, attorney for appellee.

Before SOUTHWICK, P.J., BRIDGES and MYERS, JJ.

SOUTHWICK, P.J., for the court.

¶ 1. Randy Kirk Burton was convicted of selling methamphetamine. On appeal, he assigns as error the trial court's failure to grant a directed verdict and failure to grant a mistrial following an improper comment by the prosecution in closing arguments. We find sufficient evidence, agree that the comment was improper, and find that the error was corrected. We affirm.

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