Isom v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of three counts of murder. Defendant was sentenced to death. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction and death sentence but remanded with instructions to issue a new sentencing order consistent with this opinion, holding (1) the trial court did not err by denying Defendant’s for-cause challenges to certain prospective jurors; (2) the trial court did not err in denying Defendant’s motions for mistrial; (3) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in instructing the jury; (4) the trial court did not err by refusing to allow a witness to answer a question posed by a juror; (5) the State did not commit prosecutorial misconduct during closing arguments in the penalty phase of trial, but the remarks were not so prejudicial to Defendant’s right of fundamental due process as to make a fair trial impossible; (6) Defendant’s death sentence was appropriate; and (7) the trial court exceeded its statutory authority by ordering Defendant’s death sentences to be served consecutively.
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