King v. State
Annotate this CaseThis case was before the court on appeal from a judgment of conviction of first degree murder and a sentence of death. The court held that the trial court properly limited the cross-examination of a State witness; the trial court did not abuse its discretion in overruling defense counsel's objection and denying a mistrial based upon the prosecution's statement; the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the 47 shell casings into evidence along with the other evidence to which they related; the trial court properly declined to conduct a Frye hearing on tool-mark identification; the trial court did not err in accepting the State's explanation for exercising a peremptory strike to remove a minority juror; and the death sentence was proportionate where, in addition to murdering the victim, defendant also kidnapped her from her home and raped her. Accordingly, the convictions and sentences were affirmed.
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