Garron v. State

How courts have described this case

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• noting that comments in closing arguments that inject elements of emotion and fear into the jury’s deliberations go “far outside the scope of proper argument”
• holding statement asking jury to ”[i]magine the anguish and the pain that [the victim] felt as she was shot in the chest” violated Golden Rule and was clearly prohibited
• \A nonexpert is not competent to give lay opinion testimony based on his personal observation that took place a day removed from the events giving rise to the prosecution.\
• Golden Rule violation where prosecutor argued: “Imagine the anguish and pain that [the victim] felt as she was shot in the chest and [dragged] herself from the bathroom into the bedroom where she expired.”
• reversing first-degree murder conviction due to prosecutorial misconduct

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