State v. Artis

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant brings forward five assignments of error. First, he contends the trial court erred by refusing to allow him to assert his constitutional privilege against self-incrimination in response to questions asked during cross-examination. In a related assignment of error, he contends the trial court erred by allowing the district attorney to comment during closing argument on defendant’s attempt to assert this privilege. Next, defendant assigns error to the trial court’s comment on certain portions of the evidence in the presence of the jury. Defendant’s final assignments of…