PEOPLE v. McBRIDE

No. 06CA2524.

228 P.3d 216 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas W. McBRIDE, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. VII.

October 1, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Suthers, Attorney General, Christopher Y. Bosch, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Douglas K. Wilson, Colorado State Public Defender, Alan Kratz, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge CONNELLY.

Defendant, Thomas W. McBride, was convicted after a jury trial of attempted first degree murder and first degree assault. The trial court imposed concurrent prison terms of forty-eight years for the attempted murder and thirty-two years for the assault. We hold the prosecution's closing arguments were so flagrantly improper as to constitute plain error that should have prompted corrective action by the trial court even absent timely objection...

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