Shriner v. State

OPINION

ROBB, J.

Peter Shriner was found guilty by a jury of child molesting as a Class C felony. Shriner now appeals his conviction. We affirm.

Issues

Shriner raises two issues for our review, which we restate as follows:

1. Whether the trial court properly refused to declare a mistrial or admonish the jury to ignore Shriner's testimony after Shriner referred to a lie detector test during his direct examination; and

2. Whether the trial court properly allowed the State to impeach Shriner with a prior inconsistent statement he made under oath outside the presence of the jury.

Facts and Procedural…