STATE v. GOMEZ

No. 26185.

52 P.3d 315 (2002)

137 Idaho 671

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Lawrence E. GOMEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho. Boise, April 2002 Term.

July 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Molly J. Huskey, Ada County Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Richard J. Hansen argued.

Hon. Alan G. Lance, Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. Kenneth K. Jorgensen argued.


SCHROEDER, Justice.

Lawrence E. Gomez appeals from his convictions for aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and felony eluding. Gomez argues that the district court improperly restricted his right to cross-examine witnesses for bias and that the court coerced a jury verdict first, by issuing a dynamite instruction and second, by not informing the jury that he could be retried if the jury did not reach a verdict.

I.

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