Aaron v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of kidnapping and rape and sentenced to respective terms of forty years and life imprisonment to be served consecutively. He raises four points for reversal and one has merit. We consider that point first.

Appellant argues the trial court erred by overruling appellant’s objections to five separate comments made by the prosecutor during closing argument that appellant submits referred to his having failed to testify. The trial court also denied appellant’s request for mistrial after the prosecutor’s argument. The text of the prosecutor’s reported…