Opinion ID: 1610587
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 30

Heading: Was the jury incompetent due to misperceptions concerning parole eligibility?

Text: Nixon contends the prosecution illegitimately injected the notion of parole into the trial of the case through the testimony of Gilbert Jimenez who testified, I told [my girlfriend] I was going to kill myself. She said, `That (sic) no way to go about it. Just go back over there and take your punishment. They can't keep you forever.' These statements, to which not even a hearsay objection was raised, were directed toward explaining why Jimenez chose to cooperate instead of running from the police. The statements were addressed to Jimenez's participation in the murder and were no way directed toward the parole eligibility of John Nixon, Sr. This Court holds there was no error befell Nixon because of these statements and thus that this assignment is without merit.