State v. Shaw

Defendant George Brian Shaw was found guilty of attempted theft in the first degree after a jury trial. In light of our conclusion that the conviction must be reversed and the ease remanded for a new trial, we find it necessary to discuss only defendant’s claim of prosecutorial misconduct in the cross-examination of Shaw’s co-indictee, William Edward Meador.

According to the prosecution’s theory, Shaw and Meador proposed a plan to one Deborah Ann Clemans whereby Ms. Clemans’ automobile would be deliberately driven into Shaw’s already damaged automobile, and the insurance proceeds split among…