Legal Opinion
State v. Pearson
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided September 20, 1991No. 900628-CAPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACKSON, Judge:
This is an appeal from an interlocutory order denying defendant’s motion to dismiss criminal charges on the ground of double jeopardy. We affirm.
On October 1, 1990, during a jury trial, defendant’s counsel asked defendant, “You were offered a plea bargain in this case, were you not?” The prosecution objected and the trial court sustained the objection based on Rule 410 of the Utah' Rules of Evidence. The court then excused the jury. After reviewing the trial tape, the prosecution moved for a mistrial, or in the alternative, a strongly worded instruction to the jury to…
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