People v. Williams
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first degree murder. The jury returned a verdict of death, and the trial court entered the death judgment. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment in its entirety, holding (1) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Defendant’s motion for mistrial for discovery violations; (2) the prosecutor did not engage in prejudicial misconduct; (3) the trial court’s rulings regarding Defendant’s proffered third party culpability evidence were not in error; (4) the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it failed to exclude evidence of Defendant’s past uncharged incidents of sexual misconduct; (5) the trial court did not violate Defendant’s due process right to a fair trial in refusing to allow into evidence videotaped interviews of defense witnesses; (6) the trial court did not err in sustaining the prosecution’s objection to testimony that Defendant was alcohol dependent; (7) the trial court did not err in instructing the jury during the penalty phase; and (8) there was no constitutional violation of the state’s death penalty law.
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