Harry Duncan, Jr. v. Leroy Stynchcombe, Sheriff, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General

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• holding that a prosecutor's comments on the failure of the defense, as opposed to that of the defendant, to counter or explain the testimony presented or evidence introduced is not an infringement of the defendant's Fifth Amendment privilege
• prosecutor’s comment that “there has been no evidence from the defense at all that [the defendant] was not in that house” was a proper reference to the failure of the defense to offer any alibi evidence as to defendant’s whereabouts at the time of the crime
• prosecutor's comment that \there has been no evidence from the defense at all that [the defendant] was not in that house\ was a proper reference to the failure of the defense to offer any alibi evidence as to defendant's whereabouts at the time of the crime

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