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FORTUNE v. STATE

Opinion No. 27932.

428 S.C. 545 (2019)

837 S.E.2d 37

Oscar FORTUNE, Petitioner, v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed December 4, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Anne Franklin-Best , Blume Norris & Franklin-Best LLC, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Megan Harrigan Jameson , and Assistant Attorney General Johnny Ellis James Jr. , of Columbia, for Respondent.

Among the several blatantly improper comments the prosecutor made in his closing argument to the jury in Oscar Fortune's murder trial, he claimed, "My job is to present the truth," and said, "if you look in the ... Code of Laws ... [, I] have to say what the truth is." "On the other hand," the prosecutor told the jury, "the defense...

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