State v. Patino

BRYANT, Judge.

Where defendant’s trial counsel failed to give specific reasons to suspect that the State’s witnesses would tailor their testimony if not sequestered, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant’s motion to sequester. Where the evidence supported an inference by the jury that defendant’s action was for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification or abuse, the trial court did not err in denying defendant’s motion to dismiss for insufficiency of the evidence. Where no prejudicial misconduct by jurors was suggested, the trial court did not err in denying…