Wead v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a complaint on appeal must be the same as that raised at trial
• applying that concept to argument regarding defendant’s failure to testify
• prosecutor may not properly comment upon the defendant’s demeanor in the courtroom because his demeanor is not evidence of guilt
• jury could infer from photographs showing swollen eye that victim experienced pain
• “We have recognized that, during closing argument at the guilt/innocence phase, a prosecutor may not properly comment upon the defendant’s demeanor in the courtroom, since the defendant’s demeanor in the courtroom is not evidence of guilt.”
• “We have recognized that, during closing argument at the guilt/innocence phase, a prosecutor may not properly comment upon the defendant’s demeanor in the courtroom, since the defendant’s demeanor in the courtroom is not evidence of guilt.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).