Ridley v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of malice murder, felony murder predicated on aggravated sodomy, felony murder predicated on aggravated assault, and aggravated sodomy, all with regard to the murder of the victim. Defendant appealed. The court held that the trial court committed no error by explaining the basis of an evidentiary ruling; by limiting defendant's cross-examination of a detective regarding a witness; by admitting into evidence custodial statements made by defendant; by allowing the State to ask him to physically reenact the manner in which he overpowered two other victims when he raped them; by allowing the State to question him regarding a prior domestic dispute with his wife; by allowing the State to impeach him with a prior inconsistent statement; by allowing the State to cross-examine him about his testimony regarding the circumstances of the similar transaction rapes; by charging the jury; and by denying defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
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