McCloud v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder. The jury recommended death sentences for the murder convictions, and the trial court sentenced Defendant to death. The Supreme Court affirmed the convictions but vacated Defendant’s death sentences, holding (1) the trial court did not err by denying Defendant’s motion to suppress his confession and the corresponding video recording of it; (2) the trial court did not abuse its discretion by precluding a false confession expert from testifying that Defendant’s statement to law enforcement was coerced; (3) the trial court did not err by advising the jury that the ultimate decision to impose the death penalty rested with the court; (4) the evidence was sufficient to support the first-degree murder convictions; but (5) the term-of-years sentences imposed against Defendant’s codefendants precluded Defendant’s death sentences.
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