Impson v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RATLIFF, Senior Judge
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Defendant-Appellant Joseph W. Impson appeals his convictions of battery as a Class D felony, battery as a Class A misdemeanor, and battery as a Class B misdemeanor, Ind.Code § 85-42-2-1.
We affirm.
ISSUES
Impson raises four issues for our review, which we renumber and restate as:
I. Whether the deputy prosecutor committed prosecutorial misconduct by impeaching his own witness.
II. Whether the deputy prosecutor committed prosecutorial misconduct by referring to “Domestic Violence Awareness Month” during closing argument.
III. Whether Impson’s right to…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
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