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Kiefer v. State

Citations

  • 762 S.W.2d 800
  • 297 Ark. 464
  • 1989 Ark. LEXIS 23

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  • noting that asking questions which are designed to elicit a claim of privilege from a witness “creat[es] the equivalent of testimony in the minds of the jurors”
  • holding that there was no error in denying defendant’s motion for mistrial where there was no evidence that the State had knowledge that the witness would assert her Fifth Amendment privilege and nothing in the record showing that she had previously asserted any recognized privileges

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Judges: Newbern, Hickman, Purtle

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