Opinion ID: 1775791
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The victim's remark

Text: The prosecutor asked the victim if she had any doubt about who had committed the offense. She replied she had none. He then asked who did it, and she responded, It's Lonnie Mitchell; and he knows he did it. An objection to the remark was sustained, and defense counsel then moved for a mistrial. The motion was denied. To be the basis of a mistrial, the incident complained of must be so prejudicial that it appears that the trial cannot proceed to a just result. Ruiz v. State, 299 Ark. 144, 772 S.W.2d 297 (1989). We have difficulty finding any prejudice here, much less the sort required for a mistrial. While the victim's outburst was not strictly responsive to the question she had been asked, we cannot agree with Mitchell's argument that prejudice was manifest from the fact that the victim was only the second witness and had not yet been cross-examined.