People v. Evans

The defendants, Donald and Marvin Evans, were convicted of larceny from a person.

They contend (1) during closing argument to the jury, the prosecutor expressed his personal opinion that the defendants were guilty, and (2) the trial judge failed to charge the jury regarding a legally-essential element of the offense of larceny from a, person. We affirm.

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The prosecutor opened his final argument to the jury with the following statement:

“Counsel [defense counsel] remembers the testimony different than I do. He remembers that one person said the taller man had the purse, one person said the…