State v. Gutierrez

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder at a jury-waived trial. Appellant urges three errors: prejudicial misconduct by the prosecutor, prejudicial error in permitting the prosecution to impeach one of its own witnesses, and ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons stated below, we hold against appellant and affirm.

The murder in question occurred in Kaimuki on the evening of March 9, 1976. The decedent was in a house at 1117 15th Avenue, helping make laulaus when the appellant approached the house and, after talking first to Carla Ann Pieper and then to Fred Pieper, caused…