State v. Ives

OPINION

TOMLJANOVICH, Justice.

Appellant Jason Michael Ives challenges his conviction of two counts of murder in the first degree on the grounds of prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel. Although we conclude that the prosecutor’s reference to Ives’ character during closing arguments amounted to prosecu-torial misconduct, we hold that such misconduct was not so prejudicial that it denied Ives a fair trial. As to Ives’ other claims of prosecutorial misconduct and his claim for ineffective assistance of counsel, we conclude that reversal of his conviction is not warranted…