Court Opinion

ID: 9638503
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 15:45:45.285296+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:21:36.054724
License: Public Domain

John E. Jennings, Judge, concurring. I agree with the result reached in this case. I do not agree that the police officer’s gratuitous reference to the defendant’s “criminal history” might be non-prejudicial, nor do I agree that the damage could be cured by an admonition from the court. However, as the excerpt from the testimony shows, counsel was making a series of statements to the witness and then permitted the witness to start asking questions. He could have asked the court to stop the witness and no doubt the court would have done so. In short, this was invited error. Corbin, C.J., joins.