State v. Hansen

CALLISTER, Justice:

Defendant appeals from his conviction for issuing a check against insufficient funds in the District Court in and for Weber County. He was sentenced for the statutory term of a period not to exceed five years in the Utah State Penitentiary.

Defendant, who testified in his own behalf, alleges that the trial court committed prejudicial error by permitting the prosecutor to pursue a line of questioning over defense counsel’s objections. Specifically, defendant contends that it constituted prejudicial error as well as misconduct on the part of the prosecutor to elicit…