Babcock v. State

OPINION

SINGLETON, Judge.

Julie Babcock was convicted of four counts of selling cocaine, in violation of AS 17.10.010 and AS 17.10.200(a). She appeals, contending that the trial court erred *722in disqualifying her stepfather, Ray Chandler, from testifying because he had violated a witness exclusion order. See A.R.E. 615. We agree that Chandler should have been permitted to testify, but conclude that any error was harmless. We therefore affirm Babcock’s conviction.

FACTS

At trial the primary witness against Bab-cock was Michael Bunch, a special undercover police officer, who testified that he…