Seay v. Commonwealth

Sims, J.,

after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court:

The questions involved will be disposed of in their order as stated below.

1. Did the action of the trial court in permitting the remark of the attorney for the Commonwealth, to the effect that the offense of the accused was the most flagrant he had seen during the past year, and the most flagrant he had tried for months and months, to go to the jury without any instruction of the court cautioning the jury that they were not to allow such remark to influence them in fixing the penalty which might be…