Court Opinion

ID: 7709040
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 19:08:28.525653+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:27:00.547335
License: Public Domain

GROSS, Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the affirmance in this case. Appellant’s trial counsel did not preserve his objection to the seating of the alternate juror. The issue as to the use of the codefend-ant’s statement was well argued by appellate counsel. However, a close examination of the record demonstrates that the trial court carefully and correctly resolved this issue after an overnight recess and a chance to examine the transcript. Trial counsel opened the door to the use of the statement during his crossexamination. The prosecutor’s use of the statement during closing argument was not preserved by a timely objection and I do not find the error to be fundamental.