STATE v. REYNOLDS

No. 11811.

804 P.2d 1082 (1991)

111 N.M. 263

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles REYNOLDS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Cert. Denied January 2, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacquelyn Robins, Chief Public Defender, Hugh W. Dangler, Asst. Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.

Hal Stratton, Atty. Gen., Elizabeth Major, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

HARTZ, Judge.

Defendant seeks reversal of his conviction of burglary of a pickup truck. NMSA 1978, § 30-16-3(B) (Repl.Pamp.1984). He contends that he was denied a fair trial by (1) the state's opening statement, in which (a) the prosecutor said that defendant had provided a "cock-and-bull story" and (b) the prosecutor may have referred to defendant's expected trial testimony; (2) the prosecutor's efforts to inform the jury of defendant's felony...

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