Anderson v. State
Annotate this CaseAppellant Ricky Anderson was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court (1) did not err in denying Appellant's motion for directed verdict because the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction; (2) did not abuse its discretion in allowing testimony that the victim was pregnant because part of the State's theory of the case was that Appellant killed the victim because she was pregnant with his child; (3) did not abuse its discretion in admitting photographs of the crime scene because the photographs enabled the jurors to better understand testimony about the crime scene; and (4) did not err in denying Appellant's motion to suppress custodial statements he made before Miranda warnings were given because the statements were spontaneous.
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