Farmer v. State

BURKE, Justice.

[¶ 1] Brian K. Farmer appeals his conviction for aggravated assault. Mr. Farmer contends the district court erred in determining that a witness was unavailable and allowing the prior testimony of that witness into evidence. Mr. Farmer also claims that the district court failed to properly instruct the jury and that he was prejudiced by prosecu-torial misconduct during closing arguments. We affirm.

ISSUES

[¶2] Mr. Farmer presents the following issues on appeal:

I. .Whether the trial court erred in admitting the prior testimony of a witness, John Biddix, because

A. The witness was…