State v. Longfellow

Chief Justice Karla M. Gray

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶1 William Flynn Longfellow appeals from the judgment entered by the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, upon a jury verdict convicting him of the felony offense of sexual intercourse without consent. We affirm.

¶2 The restated issues on appeal are:

¶3 1. Did the District Court abuse its discretion by determining W.G., a developmentally disabled woman, was competent to testify?

¶4 2. Did the District Court abuse its discretion by denying the defense’s motion for a mistrial based on prosecutorial misconduct?

BACKGROUND

¶5 The…