State v. Spidle

SPINDEN, Judge.

In his appeal of the circuit court’s judgment convicting him of statutory rape in the first degree, Lawrence Dale Spidle complains about the prosecutor’s questions and comments during voir dire. 1 Spidle asserts that the circuit court erred in allowing the prosecutor to question the venire panel regarding what type of evidence they would require to convict, to comment on Spidle’s right to testify, and to define “proof beyond a reasonable doubt.” We affirm the circuit court’s judgment.

Spidle did not object to any of the state’s comments during voir dire, so he did not preserve…