State v. O'Brien-Veader
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of murder, kidnapping in the second degree, and felony murder. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the prosecutor engaged in impropriety during the cross-examination of Defendant’s expert witness, but the instances of impropriety did not violate Defendant’s right to a fair trial and, therefore, did not warrant reversal of his conviction; (2) the trial court did not err in denying Defendant’s motions for a mistrial based on the improper presentation of uncharged misconduct evidence; (3) the evidence was sufficient to support Defendant’s kidnapping conviction; and (4) the trial court did not err in precluding that testimony of two witnesses on the basis of hearsay and relevance.
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