Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Ellis v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided October 19, 1982No. F-81-560Published

1Concurrence

BRETT, Presiding Judge,

specially concurring.

I concur that this conviction should be affirmed. However, I believe the better statement concerning closing argument by the prosecutor provides that the prosecutor is entitled to draw reasonable inferences and make reasonable comments on the interpretations of the evidence. This is the standard most recently utilized by this Court in its decisions on the issue of prose-cutorial conduct. Cobbs v. State, 629 P.2d 368 (Okl.Cr.1981); Watt v. City of Oklahoma City, 628 P.2d 371 (Okl.Cr.1981); and Reeves v. State, 601 P.2d 113 (Okl.Cr.1979). The standard…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cobbs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1981
  2. Reeves v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1979
  3. Watt v. City of Oklahoma CityCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1981

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