Lucas v. State

Appellant appeals his convictions for burglary of a dwelling with a battery and aggravated battery. We find that the trial court did not err in admitting the statements of appellant’s girlfriend to the police or the recorded telephone calls between appellant and his girlfriend. Finally, we find that the prosecutor’s remarks in opening and closing statements did not constitute reversible error.

At trial, a witness, Lewisha Freeman, testified to hearing a woman banging on doors and screaming, “[S]omebody help me, he is going to kill me.” Freeman stepped outside her apartment and saw appellant…