Wallis v. State

DUNCAN, Judge.

OPINION

The appellant, Johnny Wallis, was convicted in the Hamilton County Criminal Court, Division I, of receiving stolen property, and received a penitentiary sentence of not less than 3 years nor more than 6 years.

In one of his assignments of error, the appellant maintains that his counsel was denied an opportunity to rebut the State’s jury argument. We find merit to this assignment.

The record shows that at the conclusion of the proof, the trial judge asked the parties’ counsel if they wished to address the jury. The State’s counsel replied in the affirmative, stating that he…