State v. Thomas

WARD, Judge.

Willis Thomas was indicted for the second degree murder of Ernest Ford. A twelve-member jury found him guilty of the lessor charge of manslaughter. The State then filed a bill of information charging Thomas as a multiple offender. The trial court found that Thomas was a second offender and sentenced him to serve twenty-one years at hard labor.

In his appeal Thomas argues that trial error led to an erroneous verdict. Specifically, he contends that several of the State’s attorney’s comments during closing argument were impermissible. He also argues that the trial court erred when it…