Opinion ID: 1598918
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Heading: the comments made by prosecution amounted to prosecutorial misconduct.

Text: ¶ 108. Burns next claims that comments made by the prosecution amounted to prosecutorial misconduct. Burns argues that the prosecution injected remarks intended to inflame racial prejudice, made statements calculated to stir up the juror's emotions as to matters irrelevant to the case; and mis-stated the evidence during closing arguments in such a way as to prevent Burns from having a fair trial. ¶ 109. The State argues first that the record contains no objections to the challenged comments and as such this issue is procedurally barred. Further, the State argues that the comments by the prosecutor do not create unjust prejudice against Burns as this Court required in Wells v. State, 698 So.2d 497, 506 (Miss.1997). In Wells, this Court said `whether the natural and probable effect of the improper argument of the prosecuting attorney is to create an unjust prejudice against the accused as to result in a decision influenced by the prejudice so created.' Id. ( quoting Davis v. State, 530 So.2d 694, 701 (Miss.1988)). ¶ 110. Burns failed to specifically state which comments he deemed amounted to prosecutorial misconduct; therefore, we will address the comments in the order in which the State, in its brief, discussed them.