State v. Burns
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of first-degree murder, sexual assault, kidnapping, and misconduct involving weapons. The trial court imposed the death sentence for the murder conviction. Defendant appealed, raising twenty-six issues. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s convictions and sentences, holding (1) the trial court did not prejudicially err in its pretrial rulings, guilt phase rulings, or penalty phase rulings; (2) there was sufficient evidence to support the convictions; (3) the prosecutor did not engage in misconduct throughout the trial; and (4) a sentence of death was the appropriate sentence in this case.
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