Kaeser v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

A jury convicted Kaeser of the crimes of first degree kidnapping, sexual assault and burglary. His appeal tenders two important questions for our resolution. The first concerns the sixth amendment right to counsel and whether that right was denied Kaeser by the conduct of the prosecutor in calling Kae-ser’s attorney as a rebuttal witness. The second question involves the propriety of the prosecutor’s cross-examination of Kaeser with regard to his preference for oral sex. For reasons hereafter expressed we condemn the prosecutor’s tactic in each instance. We…