Patillo v. State (Majority)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of two counts of capital murder. Appellant also pled guilty to one count of possessing a controlled substance. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for each of the capital-murder convictions and twenty-five years’ imprisonment on the possession of a controlled substance conviction, with all sentences to run concurrently. The Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and sentences, holding that, under the circumstances of this case, the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in limiting the scope of Appellant’s recross-examination of a witness at trial.
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