State v. Larrabee
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and one count of dealing in material harmful to a minor. Defendant appealed, arguing, among other things, that the prosecutor prejudiced the jury by making several improper comments during closing arguments. The Supreme Court vacated Defendant's convictions and remanded for a new trial on all counts, holding (1) Defendant failed to preserve his arguments based on prosecutorial misconduct for appeal; but (2) nevertheless, defense counsel's failure to object to the prosecutor's conduct at trial constituted ineffective assistance of counsel.
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