State v. Hoard

JOHN C. HOLSTEIN, Special Judge.

Richard Harris Hoard appeals from a judgment pursuant to jury verdicts convicting him of burglary in the first degree, armed criminal action, and attempted forcible rape. Defendant was sentenced to fifteen years on the burglary and armed criminal action charges to run concurrently; and thirty years on the attempted forcible rape charge to run consecutively to the other sentences. The judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends the trial court erred in:(1) Permitting the Prosecutor to comment on defendant’s failure to testify during the state’s closing…