Court Opinion

ID: 9712791
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 05:00:13.538497+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:14.418326
License: Public Domain

EAGEN, Judge,
dissenting:
I am constrained to dissent.
The prosecutor during cross-examination of a defense witness who investigated the crimes involved made repeated inquiry into alleged misconduct by that witness-investigator. These inquiries were made despite numerous objections which the court sustained. At the beginning of this line of *162questioning, defense counsel objected. This objection was sustained, but a mistrial denied. Given the prosecutor’s continuing inquiry, I believe a mistrial should have been declared when the objections were subsequently sustained. The continuous inquiry by the prosecutor precludes me from agreeing that the cautionary instructions were here adequate to cure any prejudice.