Shaun Kenneth Hamilton v. State

FOX, Justice.

[¶1] A jury found Shaun Kenneth Hamilton guilty of five counts of sexual assault and sexual abuse of a minor for acts involving two victims. He appeals his conviction, claiming that there was prosecutorial misconduct amounting to cumulative error when the prosecutor, during closing argument, defined the burden of proof, denigrated Mr. Hamilton’s defense, and shifted the burden of proof. We affirm.

ISSUE

[¶2] We rephrase the issue as follows: Was Mr. Hamilton denied his right to a fair trial by the cumulative error of two or more instances of prosecutorial misconduct?

FACTS

[¶3] There…