Haggenjos v. State

I am unable to join the majority’s conclusion that the victim properly was permitted to relate the nature of her surgery and the length of her confinement in hospital. Based on the evidence presented, however, which included both direct and circumstantial evidence of defendant’s guilt, I would affirm the judgment entered against defendant on the basis that any error which arose by virtue of the prosecutor’s evocation of the testimony was harmless. Consequently, I concur in the result reached by the majority.

The validity of the evidentiary rule that the extent of a victim’s injuries is…