State v. Morgensen

¶1 A jury found Melvin John Morgensen Jr. guilty of felony harassment. Morgensen appeals his conviction, claiming that the trial court erred when it played an audiotape of the entire trial testimony to the jury during deliberations. Morgensen also contends that the trial court violated the appearance of fairness doctrine when Judge Craddock D. Verser indicated that he *84may have represented Morgensen previously and, during sentencing, commented on Morgensen’s character. By not timely objecting to having his former defense counsel preside over this felony harassment trial, Morgensen waived his…