Kim v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Tome Sang Kim appeals his conviction for trafficking in methamphetamine, 1 arguing that because the prosecutor improperly elicited inadmissible character evidence, the trial court erred in denying his motion for mistrial and his motion for a new trial. We hold that Kim failed to timely renew his motion for mistrial after curative instructions were given, and that there was no prosecutorial misconduct in any case. Accordingly, we affirm.

Viewed in favor of the verdict, Davis v. State, 2 the evidence shows that Kim drove with an accomplice to a…