Opinion ID: 1358008
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Asserted Misconduct of Prosecuting Attorney

Text: [13] Roberts contends that the prosecuting attorney was guilty of misconduct in asking him, on cross-examination, You're commonly known in the Fillmore as a peddler of narcotics, are you not? Defense counsel promptly objected to the question and the objection was sustained. There was no request that the jury be instructed to disregard the question. As indicated above, throughout the trial there appears to have been an atmosphere of fairness which was contributed to by the trial judge and by both counsel. We find nothing in the record to indicate that the asking of the question was anything more than an inadvertence. It should not have been asked but in the circumstances we do not believe that asking the question was prejudicial or can possibly be considered to constitute ground for reversal.