Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Mears and Charlotta Norby, MultiCounty Public Defenders, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Allison B. Goldberg, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Joseph L. Chambers Sr. Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Ga., Smyrna, and Jeffrey Ertel Georgia Resource Ctr., Atlanta.
Case Number: S99P0647
Prosecutor's unprofessional reference to defendant during closing arguments as a "misogynistic, woman hating demon of the devil" and "Satan's lap dog" did not entitle defendant to a reversal of his