Crawford v. State

Sognier, Judge.

James Daniel Crawford was convicted in a bifurcated trial of burglary and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and he appeals.

1. Appellant enumerates as error the trial court’s denial of his motions for mistrial made after the district attorney on two occasions asked questions which suggested that appellant may not have disclosed to police his contention that he and the burglary victim staged the crime to defraud her insurance company. Appellant contends these questions constituted impermissible comments on his right to remain silent. The record reveals that the trial…