State v. Bishop

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

(concurring in the result).

I join the Chief Justice in affirming Arthur Gary Bishop’s convictions and sentences. However, I cannot agree with the Chief Justice that, with one exception, Bishop’s trial was error-free. The remainder of this opinion explains what errors I think were committed.1 My ultimate conclusion is that all the errors in Bishop’s trial were harmless. For that reason alone, I vote to affirm.

Before proceeding, however, I must observe that given the way the State chose to charge Bishop and to present its case, numerous complex and subtle legal questions were…