State v. Hill
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, the district court convicted Ronald Hill of first-degree premeditated murder. The Supreme Court affirmed Hill's conviction, holding (1) because the district court properly and carefully balanced the potential probative value and prejudicial effects of the proffered impeachment evidence, the court did not abuse its discretion when it admitted evidence of Hill's prior, unspecified felony conviction for impeachment purposes; (2) Hill was not entitled to a new trial because allegedly improper testimony that the State obtained Hill's DNA sample through a search warrant was harmless because it did not affect Hill's substantial rights; (3) any alleged error in admitting evidence that Hill shot the victim with a gun stolen during a home invasion was harmless because there was not a reasonable possibility that the alleged error significantly affected the verdict; and (4) the cumulative effect of any errors resulting from the admission of disputed testimony did not affect Hill's substantial rights, and therefore, Hill was not deprived of his constitutional right to a fair trial.
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