A jury convicted Peneaux on all six felony and misdemeanor counts. In it, Justice Patricia DeVaney wrote that prosecutors relied only on the ex-wife’s testimony regarding the phone calls. But Justice Salter wrote that he wouldn’t have agreed to review Peneaux’s claim on the phone calls, saying that Peneaux had invited the error. During closing argument, Peneaux’s trial counsel asked the jury to find him guilty of Count 4 at three separate points,” Salter wrote. “Under the circumstances, Peneaux should not be surprised that the jury found him guilty of Count 4.

Source: Washington Post March 16, 2023 23:25 UTC