State v. Gant

Defendant was convicted by jury verdict of felonious possession of numorphan, a narcotic drug. The primary issue presented by his appeal is whether or not the trial court committed error by not granting defendant’s motion for new trial because of alleged misconduct of the deputy prosecuting attorney 1 in closing argument to the jury.

A partial recitation of the facts is necessary to place this assignment of error in proper perspective. When arrested, on November 14, 1969, a search of defendant’s person revealed that a small coin purse in the pocket of his trousers contained four and…