Opinion ID: 1309215
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Testimony of Officer Romero

Text: (15) Officer Romero, who arrested defendant in June 1978 (presumably for kidnapping Michele G.), testified, over objection, that immediately following his arrest defendant asked me what incident this was about.... He asked me, you know, what it was about: the details of  why the arrest. Romero replied that another officer would be discussing the matter at the police station. Later in his testimony, Romero repeated that when first arrested, defendant said: Which one is this about? Defendant now suggests that Romero's reference to defendant's uncertainty regarding which charge the arrest was based on was an outrageous violation of the stipulation to exclude testimony regarding the Michele G. kidnapping. According to defendant, The prosecution's calling Romero and deliberately eliciting this reference to the [Michele G.] crime was indefensible. The point lacks merit  Romero's brief references to defendant's ambiguous comment could not possibly have led the jury to conclude that defendant had committed, or was acknowledging his commission of, another kidnapping.