Fields v. Comm'r of Corr.

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• declining to apply invited error analysis where defense counsel chose between two instructions and record unclear as to rationale and who requested them
• finding no abuse of discretion in denial of motion for mistrial after witness' statement that he knew defendant from prison because statement was isolated and defense rejected offer for curative instruction
• finding error not invited if unclear from record who proposed jury instruction
• finding no invited error if unclear from record who proposed jury instruction
• assuming similar statement was prejudicial and moving on to second step
• no invited error due to uncertainty in record on who proposed instruction and whether defense counsel's preferred instruction was the one challenged on appeal

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