State v. Taylor
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder. The Supreme Court affirmed the convictions, holding (1) the district court’s exclusion from the courtroom members of the public that did not have photographic identification did not constitute a partial courtroom closure; (2) even if the district court’s exclusion of certain evidence supporting an alternative motive of accomplice witnesses was erroneous, the error was harmless; (3) even if the district court erred in admitting testimony from a gang expert identifying Defendant as a gang member, the error was harmless; (4) the district court did not plainly err in instructing the jury on aiding and abetting liability; (5) the district court did not plainly err by not giving a limiting instruction sua sponte regarding Appellant’s prior convictions; (6) the district court did not violate Defendant’s right to a speedy trial; (7) the district court did not err in admitting into evidence a handwritten note seized from Defendant’s jail cell; (8) Defendant waived review of whether the admission into evidence of prison phone call recordings was erroneous; and (9) the cumulative effect of the two assumed errors did not deprive Defendant of a fair trial.
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