Hartman v. State (Majority)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of rape and tampering with physical evidence. The Supreme Court affirmed on all points except for the tampering with physical evidence conviction, which the Court reversed and dismissed, holding (1) Appellant’s arguments that the circuit court erred in denying his directed-verdict motions on the rape conviction were not preserved for appellate review; (2) substantial evidence did not support Appellant’s conviction for tampering with physical evidence; (3) Appellant waived his right to pursue his argument that the circuit court erred when it failed to remove a juror with ties to the rape victim’s family; and (4) the circuit court did not abuse its discretion when it declined Appellant’s request to give a lesser-included offense jury instruction for the rape charge.
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