State v. Thompson

Opinion

BORDEN, J.

The issues in this certified appeal1 are: (1) whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that the trial court improperly permitted a witness to *443comment on the credibility of another witness, and that this evidentiary ruling constituted harmful error; (2) whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that certain improper remarks of the assistant state’s attorney in rebuttal argument deprived the defendant of a fair trial; and (3) whether the Appellate Court’s judgment should nevertheless be affirmed, in accordance with our inherent supervisory authority over the…