Wall v. State

Although I agree with the majority’s af-firmance of the minimum twenty (20) year sentence of imprisonment for Count I, I respectfully dissent from the determination that certain comments made by the prosecutor were reasonable inferences from the evidence and did not adversely affect the fundamental fairness of the appellant’s sixty (60) year sentence on Count II. As a part of his closing argument, the prosecutor told the jury, “[The appellant] is a liar, and you have no reason to believe him,” This Court has repeatedly condemned the practice of calling a criminal defendant a liar. Cobbs v.…