State v. Corpuz

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HEEN, J.

Defendant appeals from the judgment and sentence of the court below based upon the jury’s verdict that the defendant was guilty of the offenses of Robbery In The First Degree and Kidnapping. Affirmed.

QUESTIONS PRESENTED

Defendant’s appeal poses the following questions:

1. Whether it was reversible error for the trial court to allow, without objection by defense counsel, numerous references by the prosecuting attorney in her opening statement and by at least two of the government’s witnesses to the ethnic background of the defendants.

2. Whether it was reversible…