State v. Price

¶1 A jury convicted John Ronald Price of assault with a weapon, and the District Court for the Sixth Judicial District, Park County, sentenced him to the state prison for a term of twenty years with no eligibility for parole. On appeal, Price raises two issues, which we restate as follows:

¶2 Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it sua sponte objected to testimony elicited earlier in the trial, instructed the jury to disregard that testimony, and limited testimony on that same subject by a future witness?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 Shortly after midnight on April 26,2004,…