Opinion ID: 369136
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Prosecutor's Questions to Government Witnesses Schremser and Phebus

Text: 7 The defendant complains that the prosecutor continually proffered objectionable questions to Schremser. After Schremser testified that McKillip told him that Inendino owned the 1973 White truck until 1975 when the tractor was cut up, the Government asked Schremser the reason McKillip gave for chopping up the truck. The witness answered in this colloquy: 8 A. He said that the FBI had been getting too close to their operation. 9 Q. To their operation? 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. Did he say to whom he was referring by their operation? 12 A. He meant himself and Jimmy. 13 The defendant objected and asked the district court to strike (h)e meant himself and Jimmy because the sentence was subjective. The district court sustained the defendant's objection to the words he meant. The line of questioning then ceased. We find nothing in the two questions above which warrants reversal. The defendant also claims that the prosecutor improperly questioned Government witness Thomas Phebus about the manner in which the witness dealt with Inendino and McKillip. Having examined the record we find that claim is frivolous. 14