State v. Goltz

OPINION

DAVID G. HAYES, J„

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which JERRY L. SMITH and JOHN EVERETT WILLIAMS, JJ. joined.

The Appellant, Dennis R. Goltz, was convicted by a Hickman County jury of class E felony theft and sentenced to a term of two years, with sixty days to be served in confinement. On appeal, Goltz raises the following issues: (1) whether the trial court erred by removing a juror during the trial after that juror expressed concern about his ability to be fair and impartial; (2) whether he was denied a fair trial due to prosecutorial misconduct during the State’s closing…