State v. Barrios

OPINION

ROLL, Presiding Judge.

Gustavo Cota Barrios appeals from convictions for burglary, aggravated assault, and kidnapping.1 Because we conclude that the jury instructions regarding duress were adequate, alleged juror misconduct did not require a declaration of a mistrial, and Barrios’s direct examination invited the prosecutor to cross-examine him on his post-arrest silence regarding duress, we affirm.

FACTS

Gustavo Barrios has known co-defendants Antonio Gonzales and Miguel Angel Murietto Durazo since childhood. On May 25, 1988, Barrios, Gonzales, Durazo, and a woman named Luz went to…