Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 5/5/2005

State v. Horton

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871 A.2d 959
2005 R.I. LEXIS 80
2005 WL 1036034

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holding that the trial justice's failure to rule on the defendant's objection and the prosecution's characterization of the defendant as a \monster\ did not rise beyond the level of harmless error
holding that the trial justice’s failure to rule on the defendant’s objection and the prosecution’s characterization of the defendant as a “monster” did not rise beyond the level of harmless error
finding that despite the prosecutor's characterization of the defendant as a \monster\ in closing argument, the denial of a mistrial could not rise beyond the level of harmless error
noting that the defendant must object at the time of the comment and either request a cautionary instruction or move for a mistrial to preserve a claim of prejudicial error in a closing argument

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Judges: Williams, Goldberg, Flaherty, Suttell, Robinson

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