Fryson v. State

Kirk Oliver Fryson, appellant, was convicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, by a jury, of attempted robbery with a dangerous and deadly weapon. Appellant was sentenced to incarceration for a period of ten years.

On appeal, an attack is made upon, inter alia, allegedly improper remarks made by the prosecutor during rebuttal argument to the jury. Because we conclude, for the reasons hereinafter stated, that the remarks were indeed prejudicial to the appellant’s rights to a fair and impartial trial, we shall reverse the judgment of conviction. In view of our holding, we do not reach the…