Court Opinion

ID: 9578089
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:41:23.779477+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:22:36.511511
License: Public Domain

*321RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result reached by the majority but disagree with the reasoning used to uphold the superior court’s denial of Hampton’s mistrial motion. The superior court based its ruling on the erroneous finding that no Rule 16{b) violation occurred; it did not exercise its “broad range of discretion in determining when a mistrial should be granted.” I therefore think that application of the abuse of discretion standard here is inappropriate. Because I am convinced that the error was harmless in this context, however, I would affirm the superior court’s denial of Hampton’s mistrial motion on the basis of the harmless error standard.