State v. Summers
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Jamaal Summers was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for twenty-five years and lifetime postrelease supervision. The Supreme Court affirmed Summers' convictions, holding that the trial court did not err in (1) admitting statements Summers made to police during an interview at his father's house; (2) allowing the victim's wife and neighbor to testify that the victim told them his friend, Homie, was coming over that evening; and (3) handling the prosecutor's inappropriate question during cross-examination of a defense witness by sustaining defense counsel's objection to the question, thus curing any possible prejudice. The Court then vacated the portion of Summers' sentence imposing lifetime postrelease supervision, holding that the trial court did not have the authority to order a term of postrelease supervision in conjunction with an off-grid, indeterminate life sentence.
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