Winters v. State (Majority, with Concurring)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of two counts of capital murder and two counts of aggravated robbery. Appellant was sentenced consecutively to two sentences of life imprisonment without parole for the capital murders and two sentences of life imprisonment for the aggravated robberies. Appellant appealed, contending, among other things, that a witness, Arron Lewis, should have been allowed to testify as to a "statement against interest" that Appellant's accomplice made to Lewis. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of convictions, holding (1) Appellant's statements to police were made voluntarily and free of coercion, and therefore, the circuit court did not err in denying Appellant's motion to suppress; and (2) the district court did not abuse its discretion in deciding to exclude Lewis' testimony as to Appellant's accomplice's statement against penal interest where the proffered statement did not exculpate Appellant.
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