Burce v. State

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

The defendant appeals his conviction for theft by taking.

During the course of his argument, the assistant district attorney stated: "I want to say one other thing to those of you who are serving for the first time on a jury. The responsibility of sentencing in a case, ladies and gentlemen of the jury , belongs to the trial judge. It is the judge who has heard the evidence in the case, and it is the judge who will pronounce sentence in the case. Under our system, now, you will go out, and you will return a verdict based on the evidence in this case. Then, upon a…