State v. Brandt

¶ 1. Defendant Jeffrey Brandt, convicted by a jury of two counts of second-degree aggravated domestic assault and one count of driving with a license suspended (DLS), now appeals. He makes three arguments: (1) the trial court erred in denying his motion to sever the charges and grant him separate trials; (2) the jury instruction on excited utterances improperly bolstered the credibility of the complainant’s out-of-court statement; and (3) the prosecutor’s opening and closing arguments were inappropriate and denied him a fair trial. We affirm.

¶ 2. From the testimony of the complainant, the…