Opinion ID: 1621897
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Heading Rank: 8

Heading: failure to move to strike witness testimony

Text: Kinder alleges counsel was ineffective for failing to move to strike a portion of Denise Shye's testimony. During cross-examination, Kinder's counsel asked Shye about a telephone conversation she had with the victim's brother, David Williams, the day after the murder. Shye testified that David felt funny about the fact that Kinder was on the scene when the police arrived. Kinder argues that counsel should have moved to strike this response, and that he was prejudiced because the testimony suggested that Kinder was responsible for the victim's death. This testimony, however, occurred during penalty phase. Kinder has utterly failed to show how he was prejudiced by this testimony when the jury had already determined he was guilty of the crime. Counsel was not ineffective. The finding of the motion court was not clearly erroneous.