Opinion ID: 2570148
Heading Depth: 6
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Elisabeth Jones

Text: Jones was defendant's cousin and called herself a very good friend of his. She testified about child abuse in the trailer park, and its effects on her. She also testified about defendant's personality, his feelings of worthlessness, and his problems with his parents. The prosecutor asked Jones if she knew what kind of things he may have been doing without the family's knowledge or the kind of person that he wanted to be without the family's knowledge. Jones said she thought defendant wanted to be a good person. The prosecutor asked if she would like to take a look at a report in which he made statements about what he was doing from early adolescence on, and the kind of person he wanted to be, and see whether or not he told you any of those things? Defense counsel objected that the question was inappropriate. The court sustained the objection. Jones agreed with the prosecutor that she did not know what kind of things he may have been doing behind [her] back. The court sustained another objection when the prosecutor asked if he were involved in some bad things, whether they were criminal or anything else, you wouldn't have any knowledge of that, would you? In this instance, the court properly sustained counsel's objections.