Craig Bakari Thomas v. State of Indiana

OPINION

RILEY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Appellant-Defendant, Craig Bakari Thomas (Thomas), appeals his conviction for two Counts of criminal deviate conduct, Class B felonies, Ind.Code § 35-42-4-2; and one Count of sexual battery, a Class D felony, I.C. § 35-42-4-8.

We affirm.

ISSUE

Thomas raises two issues on appeal, which we consolidate and restate as: Whether the State committed prosecutorial misconduct during its closing argument.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

During the spring semester of 2012, K.B., twenty-two years old, and Thomas, forty-eight years old, were both students at the South Bend…