Taylor v. State

OPINION

Justice, GRANT.

Kenneth Taylor appeals from his conviction in a jury trial for aggravated sexual assault. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Taylor contends on appeal that a portion of the State’s closing argument during the punishment phase of trial was improper and requires reversal. Closing arguments must be confined to the following four areas: (1) summation of the evidence; (2) reasonable deductions from the evidence; (3) response to the argument of opposing counsel; and (4) a plea for law enforcement. 1

Taylor complains of this portion of the prosecutor’s argument.

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