Hill v. State

WILNER, Judge.

The question before us is whether, despite concluding that a prosecutor’s closing argument was improper and subject to objection, the Court of Special Appeals erred in holding that the denial of petitioner’s motion for mistrial based on that impropriety was not preserved for appellate review because the motion was not made until after the jury left the courtroom to deliberate. Our answer to that question, on the facts of this case, is “yes.” In his brief, petitioner seeks to enlarge the issue and have us resolve the complaint that the Court of Special Appeals declined to…