Sylvester v. State (Majority)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of kidnapping, rape, and aggravated robbery. Appellant was sentenced to three terms of life imprisonment. The Supreme Court affirmed on direct appeal, holding (1) Appellant’s arguments that the circuit court erred in denying his motions for directed verdict because the State provided sufficient evidence to find him guilty of kidnapping, rape, and aggravated robbery were not preserved for the Court’s review; and (2) the circuit court did not err when it denied Appellant’s motion for mistrial on the grounds that testimony by a law enforcement officer constituted an improper comment on Appellant’s silence and amounted to Doyle violations.
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