Jones v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING, MOTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC, AND/OR MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION, AND MOTION TO STAY MANDATE

The State’s motion for rehearing, rehearing en banc, motion for certification, and motion to stay mandate are denied. However, we issue the following opinion in place of our original opinion issued April 17, 2002.

Alister Jones timely appeals after he was convicted by a jury of lewd assault and false imprisonment of a child under thirteen. Of the four points he’ raises on appeal we reverse on one. We hold the court erred in overruling his objections to the state’s improper comment…