Brown v. State

In this post-conviction relief (PCR) case, this Court granted the State’s petition for a writ of certiorari to review the PCR judge’s order granting Brandon Leandre Brown a new trial for his convictions of first-degree, criminal sexual conduct with a minor (CSC) and transmitting a sexual disease. The State contends the PCR judge erred in finding Brown’s trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to certain comments made by the solicitor during his closing argument. We reverse.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL HISTORY

At trial, four witnesses, all of whom either lived across the street or were…