Paul Phillips v. State of Indiana

OPINION

BARTEAU, Senior Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Paul Phillips appeals from his conviction after a jury trial of one count of child molesting 1 as a Class A felony. We affirm.

ISSUES

Phillips presents the following issues for our review:

I. Whether the trial court denied Phillips the right to an impartial jury and a fair trial under the federal and state constitutions by denying Phillips’s motion for mistrial and motion to replace a juror after a juror asked a question, instead choosing to offer a curative instruction.

II. Whether the prosecutor engaged in prosecutorial misconduct amounting to…