Polk v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

John Henry Polk was indicted for the murder of Dennis Lamar Williams and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. He appeals following the denial of his motion for a new trial, contending that the trial court erred in permitting the prosecutor to make two improper remarks during closing argument.

1. During the course of the trial, the court ruled that no mention of the sale of cocaine would be permitted when questioning certain witnesses because there was no evidence from the witnesses who were present at the crime scene that they knew the basis for the debt *889which…