Kent v. State

One of Kent’s arguments that the majority does not address is his argument that the prosecution committed misconduct sufficiently prejudicial to constitute reversible error. I agree that the Court of Criminal Appeals correctly rejected that argument. I write specially, however, to address certain aspects of the prosecutors’ conduct.

The conduct about which Kent complains began during the State’s cross-examination of Kent’s wife. After the prosecutor asked several questions having to do with whether Mrs. Kent recalled telling a probation officer about certain corporations in which she and her…