State v. Jarmon

GUNN, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by jury of first degree murder of Avery Donnie Brooks. His appeal raises two points of alleged error: (1) that the trial court erred in failing to declare a mistrial after the prosecutor, in closing argument, referred to the defendant as a “dopehead”; (2) that the testimony of the State’s key witness was unbelievable, and, hence, defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted. We affirm the judgment.

Jefferson Davis Smith was the State’s chief witness. He testified that he saw the defendant shoot Avery Donnie Brooks in the head by…