Aja v. State

Appellant, Emir H. Aja, appeals his convictions and sentences for aggravated assault and for carrying a concealed weapon after he threatened to use a gun on a person who was harassing him for failing to move his truck. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

During closing argument, the prosecutor made a number of arguments that were improper, only one of which was objected to, however. During closing, the prosecutor read to the jury deposition testimony of a witness who had testified live at trial. Although portions of the deposition testimony had been used by defense counsel for impeachment,…