State v. Nelson

¶1 On March 9,1999, David Wayne Nelson (Nelson) was charged in the Twenty-First Judicial District Court with five felony offenses. As a result of a plea bargain, Nelson’s accomplice testified for the State at trial. During cross examination of Nelson’s accomplice, the District Court prevented questioning about charges allegedly filed against the accomplice in another county. At the close of trial and over Nelson’s objection, the District Court instructed the jury that it could consider testimony showing fabrication by Nelson as a circumstance tending to prove consciousness of guilt.

¶2 On…