State v. Harris
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for attempted capital murder, aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, and criminal possession of a firearm, holding that Defendant's allegations of error were without merit.
On appeal, Defendant argued, among other things, that the proceedings were tainted by a contingent of approximately twenty officers who entered the courtroom in an apparent show of support for the prosecution right as the jury was about to receive its instructions and deliberate. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that there was no fundamental failure in the proceedings that could deny Defendant a fair trial; (2) there was no error in the jury instructions; and (3) no reversible prosecutorial error occurred during closing argument.
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