Hazel v. United States

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

This appeal is from a conviction of second degree burglary. Appellant raises two issues which he contends compel reversal. He urges that a gratuitous statement made by the trial judge constituted prejudicial error. He also contends that his right to cross-examine a prosecution witness was prejudicially curtailed. Having considered these arguments, and finding that no reversible error was committed, we affirm.

I. The trial court’s gratuitous comment did not constitute reversible error.

At trial, Arthur Tralcas, the complaining witness, testified that upon returning to…