State v. Anderson

GUTIERREZ, Judge.

A jury found Steven Anderson guilty of misdemeanor battery, I.C. § 18-903, and resisting, delaying or obstructing a public officer, I.C. § 18-705. Anderson appeals the trial court’s joinder of the battery and the resisting arrest offenses in the same trial, the prosecutor’s swearing to the truthfulness of the resisting arrest complaint before the jury, and the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury’s verdict. We affirm.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Anderson’s girlfriend, Cindy Brannon, reported to the Twin Falls Police Department that Anderson had battered her. A…