State v. Hipplewith

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Proctor, J.

Defendant Eord Hipplewith seeks reversal of a first degree murder conviction with recommendation of life imprisonment on the grounds that remarks of the prosecutor in his opening and summation and instructions of the trial court were so improper and prejudicial as to warrant a finding of plain error.

Defendant admits that he stabbed and killed one Eranldin Callis but contends that the killing was in self-defense and to prevent Callis from perpetrating a robbery. According to defendant’s signed statement made to the police the day after the…