Brown v. State

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Appellant Lester Brown was convicted by a jury of aggravated kidnaping. The jury assessed punishment at thirty-eight years in prison and a fine of $6,000.00. Appellant urges three grounds of error, each complaining of improper jury argument by the prosecution. No objection was voiced during any of the allegedly improper arguments. We affirm.

Permissible jury argument includes the general categories of (1) summation of the evidence; (2) reasonable deduction from the evidence; (3) answering the argument of opposing counsel; and (4) plea for law enforcement. Even if the…