Drennan v. State (Majority)
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The Supreme Court affirmed Appellant’s conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of life imprisonment, holding that there was no reversible error in the proceedings below.
On appeal, Appellant argued that there was insufficient evidence to sustain his first-degree murder conviction and that the circuit court abused its discretion by excluding a toxicology report showing the presence of a controlled substance in the victim’s body. The Supreme Court held (1) substantial evidence supported Appellant’s first-degree murder conviction; and (2) the circuit court did not abuse its discretion when it concluded that the probative nature of the toxicology report would be substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice.
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