Opinion ID: 1648336
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Heading Rank: 11

Heading: restricted cross-examination of state witness

Text: Keen next argues that the trial court erred in prohibiting him from cross-examining Moran concerning his intent to invoke the Fifth Amendment. We find this issue is moot because whatever merit the claim may have, Moran did testify for the State against Keen, and his testimony inculpated Keen in his design to kill Shapiro. As noted in Keen's third claim, Moran is under a sentence of life without the possibility of parole in Michigan. [16] Therefore, any reluctance or unwillingness to testify on his part was completely irrelevant because he did testify and his testimony had no effect on his ongoing sentence of life imprisonment in Michigan. Further, as the State correctly presents, defense counsel cross-examined Moran about his reluctance to testify and Moran conceded that he did not want to testify.