State v. Stearns

Defendant appeals from his conviction in a jury trial of aggravated burglary and three counts of aggravated robbery. He argues that the trial court permitted improper examination of two state witnesses by the prosecutor, and that the verdict is against the manifest weight of the evidence. 1

Although we do note certain irregularities in the examination of those two witnesses, we find that they were not sufficiently prejudicial to merit reversal. We further find that there was sufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdicts.

The undisputed evidence at trial established that four adults and a…