Court Opinion

ID: 9632494
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 11:17:26.008451+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:08:17.721669
License: Public Domain

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part:
While I agree that the judgment and sentence should be affirmed, I must respectfully dissent to the modification of the sentence for two reasons. First, the now complained of closing argument by the prosecutor was not objected to at trial and preserved for review on appeal; and secondly, assuming that the comments were properly objected to, I do not find that they constitute an unmistakable, indirect reference to the pardon and parole system, rather they seem to reflect the'desirability of increased punishment for one who has not learned from a recently imposed punishment.