State v. Culbreath
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The Supreme Court reversed in part the judgment of the trial court finding Defendant guilty of manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm and other offenses, holding that the trial court improperly admitted certain evidence.
On appeal, Defendant argued that his statements to the police were improperly admitted into evidence because his constitutional rights were violated when the police continued to question him after he invoked his right to counsel pursuant to Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966). Defendant further argued that the prosecutor committed improprieties during closing argument, depriving him of his right to a fair trial. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the admission of Defendant's written statement and a portion of a video recording of the interview with police should have been suppressed, and the error was not harmless as to Defendant's conviction of manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm; and (2) there was no other reversible error in this case.
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