State v. Lund

Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for having sexually assaulted his stepdaughter. He claims that (1) the trial court abused its discretion by denying his motion for a continuance on the eve of trial; (2) his trial counsel’s ineffectiveness prejudiced his defense and thus requires reversal of his conviction; (3) the court erred in denying his request to have an unnoticed witness testify to impeach the victim’s testimony; (4) the court erred in refusing to grant a mistrial when a State’s witness testified that defendant had refused, upon advice of counsel, to give police a…