State v. Beasley

OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

The sole question presented for determination is whether it is error for the prosecuting attorney to state in his closing argument, over defense counsel’s objection, that the defendant’s alibi witness gave false testimony when the evidence supports such an inference.

Respondent was convicted of robbery and sentenced to five to ten years in the State penitentiary. He appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals which reversed his conviction on the ground that the District Attorney General exceeded the bounds of advocacy in arguing to the jury in his closing argument…