State v. O'Brien-Veader

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant’s convictions and concluded that two isolated prosecutorial improprieties during expert cross-examination did not deprive him of a fair trial. It also upheld the denial of mistrial motions, determined that the evidence sufficiently established kidnapping beyond conduct merely incidental to murder, and rejected challenges to the exclusion of two defense witnesses. The court held that the claimed errors concerning the excluded witnesses were unpreserved, inadequately briefed, or did not constitute an abuse of discretion or a violation of the right to present a defense.