Pace v. State

Quillian, Judge.

1. During the argument of the assistant district attorney, counsel for the defendant stated: “I think it is improper and error for the solicitor to comment on the part of the defendant to put up any evidence because he isn’t required to do so and I think that Your Honor should instruct the jury that that would not be proper and it is probably proper grounds for a mistrial for the solicitor to comment on the failure of the defendant to put up any evidence because he doesn’t have to put up any evidence. We can rely on the failure of the State to prove his guilt beyond a…