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State v. Simonson

Citations

  • 732 P.2d 689
  • 112 Idaho 451
  • 1987 Ida. App. LEXIS 345

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the invited error doctrine did not apply when a witness answered the question “You have gone places, I think you said, didn’t you?” by testifying, “Initially we did, before he pleaded guilty we went places. After he pleaded guilty and changed his plea.”
  • applying harmless error test to erroneous admission of evidence that the defendant had pleaded guilty and concluding that error was not harmless due to circumstantial nature of the prosecution’s case
  • applying harmless error test to erroneous admission of evidence that the defendant had pleaded guilty and concluding that error was not harmless due to circumstantial nature of the prosecution's case
  • mistrial appropriate when witness volunteered prior guilty plea of defendant

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Judges: Walters, Burnett, Swanstrom

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