State v. Smith

Opinion

FOTI, J.

The defendant, Tyish Smith, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of burglary in the first degree, conspiracy to commit burglary in the first degree, robbery in the first degree and conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) prosecutorial misconduct during the state’s rebuttal argument to the jury deprived him of a fair trial, (2) the trial court improperly instructed the jury and (3) the cumulative effect of the prosecutorial misconduct and the court’s improper jury instructions deprived him of a…