Brown v. State

PETERSON, Judge.

Craig A. Brown, who was found guilty of attempted second-degree murder, appeals the denial of his motion for a new trial. The motion followed the prosecutor’s comment during closing arguments that a person with six criminal convictions, like Brown, was “prone to be a little hotheaded, maybe a little irrational, maybe go over the handle a little bit.” While no evidence was before the court as to what crimes were committed that led to the prior convictions, the comment suggests that the prior convictions were violent in nature, thus showing the propensity of Brown to commit the…