State v. Young
Annotate this CaseAfter a second jury trial, Defendant was convicted of the first-degree murder of his wife, Michelle Young. The court of appeals vacated the conviction and ordered a new trial, concluding that the trial court had committed prejudicial error by admitting evidence concerning a complaint that had been filed and default judgments that had been entered in two actions - a wrongful death and declaratory judgment action that had been brought against Defendant by the executrix of Ms. Young’s estate and a complaint that had been filed in an action in which members of Ms. Young’s family sought to obtain custody of Emily, the daughter of Defendant and the victim, from Defendant. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the court of appeals erred by awarding Defendant a new trial based upon the admission of the challenged evidence. Remanded for consideration of Defendant’s remaining challenges to the trial court’s judgment.
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