Opinion ID: 2519737
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Brian March

Text: The State called Brian March as a witness who testified that he had been in the county jail with Gomez who commented upon a newspaper article about the crime in question. Gomez told March that his girlfriend, Heidi Hageman, loaded the gun and that he was shooting at the deputy. Prior to March's testimony, the State sought to exclude references to March's felony conviction for eluding a police officer. However, the district court allowed Gomez to question March about his conviction and probation violation. Gomez argues that March should have been excluded as a witness on the grounds that the State did not comply with the proper discovery rules by not producing March's criminal history. The State responded that it had disclosed March's existence as a witness and that the State had a videotaped statement from March, which neither the prosecutor nor the defense attorney had seen. The State said there was no other discovery. The district court did not exclude March as a witness. Gomez argues that he was not allowed to question March about other probation violations, but there is no evidence in the record that there were other probation violations. The district court did not err by allowing March to testify, and Gomez's right to cross-examine March for bias was not limited by the district court. Gomez was allowed to question March on every issue requested. There was no error by the district court.