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- Title: Commonwealth Pennsylvania v. Merle Ronald Gilman
- Author : Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 28, 1977
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 76 KB
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Appellant Merle Ronald Gilman was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury trial. At trial appellant objected to several remarks made by the prosecutor during closing argument and moved for a mistrial. Appellant preserved these objections in his post-trial motions. The prosecutors remarks included an attempt to disparage appellants trial strategy, a personal attack on appellant himself, and an appeal to the emotions of the jury. Appellant contends that he is entitled to a new trial. We agree. The prosecutors remarks were improper and denied appellant a fair trial. We reverse the judgment of sentence and remand for a new trial.