Harris v. State

HILL, Justice,

specially concurring, with whom KITE, Justice, joins.

[¶ 23] I submit this special concurrence because it is my conviction that the argument *1173made by the prosecutor and quoted in ¶ 15 of the opinion was improper and it should be positively identified as such. Whether “the story” used by the prosecutor was truly anecdotal, or if it was in the nature of a parable, or if it was a part of the lore of prosecu-torial experience, it was directly aimed at diluting and undermining both the prosecution’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and the defendant’s right to the…