State v. Filipov

OPINION

JACOBSON, Judge.

Appellant Hristijan Filipov was convicted of receiving stolen property on October 28, 1975 after a trial by jury. He appeals from the trial court’s denial of two motions for mistrial and designates three grounds for reversal: (1) that remarks made by the prosecutor in closing argument were fatally prejudicial; (2) that his due process rights were violated by the state’s unlawful offer to reduce the sentence of a witness in exchange for that witness’ testimony; and (3) that evidence of alleged prior bad acts was improperly admitted. We will deal with each issue in the…