State v. Van Alstine

MacLaughlin, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of attempted murder in the first degree in which defendant challenges the jurisdiction of the trial court, the refusal of the trial court to hold a Rasmussen hearing on certain evidence revealed during the 8-day jury trial, the admission of certain testimony of a co-conspirator, and the alleged prejudicial conduct of the prosecutor in his final argument to the jury. We affirm.

The basic facts are simple and not in dispute. Defendant, Arlo Charles Van Alstine, was dating and planning to marry Deborah Montague, stepdaughter of…