Chapman v. State

The appellant, William Chapman (“Chapman”) appeals from his conviction following a jury trial in the Superior Court of Aggravated Menacing, Possession of a Fireman During the Commission of a Felony and Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon. In this appeal, Chapman alleges error in two respects: (i) the solicitation of irrelevant favorable character evidence from prosecution witnesses and (ii) the prosecutor’s statements in jury summation appealing to the jury’s sense of community safety as an argument in favor of conviction. We find no merit to either claim of error and accordingly affirm.

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