State v. Kraus

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.;

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Michael L. Kraus, from his convictions of felony murder and aggravated kidnapping. Kraus was sentenced to life for the homicide and 184 months for the aggravated kidnapping. Kraus raises two issues on appeal, although there are several subarguments under the major issues.

Kraus maintains the trial court erred in admitting the State’s Exhibit 39. The State’s Exhibit 39 is a CD-ROM prepared by a law enforcement officer from a tape recording.

The second issue is whether the prosecutor committed misconduct…