State v. Jamison
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of illegal possession of an explosive and manufacturing a bomb. The Appellate Court reversed in part the judgment of the trial court, concluding that the trial court committed plain error by not providing an accomplice credibility instruction, sua sponte, to the jury. The Supreme Court reversed in part the judgment of the Appellate Court, holding (1) the trial court’s failure to give an accomplice credibility instruction did not constitute plain error; and (2) it is unnecessary to reach the merits of Defendant’s alternative ground for affirmance, namely, that the trial court violated Defendant's constitutional rights by compelling him to provide a handwriting exemplar, as any alleged error was harmless.
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