State v. McDonald

OPINION

ROLL, Judge.

Appellant Charles Anthony McDonald appeals from convictions for armed burglary, armed robbery, and kidnapping. McDonald argues that the prosecutor engaged in impermissible argument, the trial court improperly considered the truthfulness of McDonald’s testimony in deciding the appropriate sentence, and the trial court improperly increased- McDonald’s sentence from that received after his first trial. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

On May 1, 1984, at approximately 3:00 a.m., Nigel Yorwith was leaving a Goog’s Restaurant in Phoenix when he was…