Smith v. State

SHAHOOD, Judge.

This is an appeal by Charles Smith, appellant, from his conviction and sentence following a jury trial for the charges of kidnapping, impersonating a law enforcement officer during a felony, extortion, and burglary. While we do not encourage the trial court’s giving of extemporaneous non-standard jury instructions on reasonable doubt, we find no error in the informal comments made by the court to the jury venire in this case, and affirm the decision of the trial court. We find the remaining points raised by appellant to be without merit, and affirm. Based on the appellee’s…