Rogers v. State

¶ 1. On February 17, 2000, a Lee County jury found James Rogers1 guilty of murder, and he was subsequently given a life sentence. Rogers appeals and raises five issues: whether the trial court erred by granting the State's motion in limine to prohibit all mention of the conviction of a State's witness; whether Rogers failed to receive a fair trial due to the State's improper remarks during its closing arguments; whether Rogers was prejudiced by the trial court's granting the State's motion in limine to prohibit all mention of Jessie Johnson's charge of capital murder; whether the trial court…