State v. Abbott

Defendant, who concedes that he was properly convicted of first-degree theft, challenges his convictions for first-degree robbery, unlawful use of a weapon (UUW), menacing, and second-degree robbery. The charges that led to those latter convictions were premised on allegations that defendant used or threatened to use force in conjunction with committing the theft. Defendant raises eight assignments of error on appeal, all relating to a single issue: whether the trial court erred by allowing the prosecutor to ask defendant, who testified at trial, whether other witnesses had lied when they…