Legal Opinion
Jiosa v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided October 2, 2001No. 35S00-9910-CR-619PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOEHM, Justice.
Bruce Jiosa was convicted of molesting his five-year-old daughter. In this direct appeal he contends that the trial court erred when it excluded testimony as a sanction for violation of a pretrial witness separation order. Because we agree that this was reversible error we do not address the other issues Jiosa raises. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
Factual and Procedural Background
Jiosa's daughter had lived with her mother, Peggy Morgan, until March 1998, when child welfare workers, concerned that Morgan neglected the five-year-old girl, removed her from her mother's…
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