State v. Hughes

OPINION

NOYES, Judge. *

¶ 1 The jury rejected Defendant’s insanity defense and convicted him of murder and other felonies. We reverse and remand because the cumulative effect of the prosecutor’s misconduct deprived Defendant of a fair trial.

Crimes

¶ 2 On August 25, 1991, Defendant, who had been drinking, argued with his sister’s boyfriend and said he would shoot him. Defendant then went to his car, got a shotgun, chambered a shell, returned, and shot and killed the boyfriend. Defendant drove away, and then came back a while later, after police had arrived. When Defendant saw the police, he did a…