State v. Evans

After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of two counts and acquitted of one count of perjury in violation of General Statutes § 53a-156 (a).1 On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court erred in permitting the prosecutor to interject his personal opinion as to the defendant’s guilt and credibility in his closing argument. We find no error.

The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. On January 10,1984, Michael O’Keefe, the complainant, while visiting with his mother-in-law, observed two black males drive off in the mother-in-law’s car. He pursued the two in his…