State v. Orona

OPINION

PAYNE, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of the first-degree felony of criminal sexual penetration of a person under thirteen years of age and of criminal sexual penetration in the third-degree. Defendant appeals both convictions alleging that various errors committed during the course of the proceedings deprived him of his right to a fair trial.

We address three of these contentions: (1) The trial court’s order prohibiting defense counsel from interviewing the State’s main witnesses; (2) the prosecutor’s leading questions to the complaining witness; and (3) the trial judge’s…