State v. Lyman
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for felony murder based on abuse of a child, abuse of a child by shaking, and aggravated battery, holding that the district court did not err or commit judicial misconduct during the proceedings below.
Specifically, the Court held (1) the district court did not err by denying Defendant's motion for new trial; (2) the district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding Defendant's proposed expert witness for failure to satisfy the test under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993); (3) the district court did not err by allowing the State to introduce evidence of Defendant's prior bad acts; (4) the district court judge did not commit judicial misconduct by sleeping during the trial; and (5) the district court did not err by prohibiting Defendant from introducing medical records that were subject to a written stipulation.
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