State v. Jamie
Annotate this CaseIn this “cold case,” Defendant was charged with a murder committed fifteen years before the trial. After a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of intentional or knowing murder. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the trial court did not err in admitting prior consistent statements of Defendant’s son; and (2) the court abused its discretion in precluding Defendant from presenting certain evidence of Defendant’s son’s involvement with the murder to support an alternative suspect defense, as the court’s application of alternative suspect jurisprudence reflected a misapprehension of the concept, but the error was harmless.
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