State v. Rogers

WEBB, Justice.

In his first assignment of error, the defendant contends that the trial court erred in overruling the defendant’s objections to numerous comments the prosecutor made in his closing argument. The defendant argues that by the following comments, the prosecutor injected his personal beliefs into the trial:

First of all, the very basic notion that Transylvania County should be a clean and a decent, and a safe and a law abiding—

Let me tell you right off the bat, that I do not believe in, and I do not countenance this drug business, possession . . . of drugs, or use of drugs, by anyone—