Opinion ID: 1128377
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Heading: it was error for the prosecutor to vouch for the sufficiency of the evidence during closing argument at the guilty phase of the trial.

Text: ¶ 56. Crawford contends that during the closing argument in the guilt phase of his trial, District Attorney Little asked the jury to vote guilty based on the fact that this was a case, unlike others the district attorney had tried, where there was plenty of evidence. Therefore, Crawford insists that the argument constituted improper vouching for the sufficiency of the evidence. No contemporaneous objection to the prosecutor's statement was raised by the defense counsel. Therefore, the error is procedurally barred. Counsel may not sit idly by making no protest as objectionable evidence is admitted, and then raise the issue for the first time on appeal. Davis v. State, 684 So.2d 643, 658 (Miss. 1996).