State v. Carrasco-Montiel

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon, and he was sentenced to 90 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in failing to grant a mistrial sua sponte, after it became apparent that one of the jurors had injected information from outside the record into the jury’s deliberations. He further argues that the trial court should have sustained his objection to the prosecutor’s closing argument, which, according to defendant, undermined the presumption of innocence. And, he argues that the trial court should have…