Lewis v. Commonwealth
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of three counts of first-degree, second-offense, trafficking in a controlled substance and sentencing him to thirty-two years in prison, holding that the trial court did not reversibly err.
On appeal, Defendant argued that the trial court committed reversible error when it inadvertently read the "second offense" portion of his indictment to the venire as jury selection began and when it admitted into evidence photos of Defendant taken at jail after his arrest. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the trial court did not err in denying Defendant's request for a mistrial and in allowing post-arrest photos of Defendant to be admitted into evidence.
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