Barefield v. State (Majority, with Concurring and Dissenting)
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of two counts of premeditated and deliberate capital murder and sentencing him to life imprisonment without parole for each murder, holding that there was no prejudicial error in the proceedings below.
Specifically, the Court held that the circuit court (1) did not abuse its discretion or deprive Appellant of his constitutional right to present a defense by excluding evidence that Appellant argued linked another person to the crimes; and (2) did not abuse its discretion in allowing testimony concerning what a person could see with a telescopic sight mounted on Appellant's rifle.
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