State v. Vickroy

RAWLINGS, Justice.

Appeal by defendant, Alvin Earl Vick-roy, from judgment on jury verdict finding him guilty of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcoholic beverage. We reverse.

The sole issue here posed is whether the prosecuting attorney’s uninvited statements in course of his opening and closing arguments to the jury constituted such misconduct as to deny defendant a fair trial.

Defendant’s court approved bill of exceptions reveals: “[T]he County Attorney * * * in his opening summation did state to the Jury that he knew the Defendant was guilty to which objection was…