State v. Thompson
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was sentenced to death for the aggravated murder of a police officer. The Supreme Court affirmed Appellant’s convictions and sentence of death, holding (1) the trial court did not err by overruling Appellant’s objection to the State’s peremptory challenge, and the court conducted an adequate voir dire; (2) the trial court did not err by denying Appellant’s motion for a change of venue; (3) the trial court did not commit prejudicial error in its evidentiary rulings or in its instructions to the jury; (4) any questionable conduct that the prosecutor engaged in during the proceedings did not deprive Appellant of a fair trial; (5) Appellant’s counsel provided constitutionally effective assistance; and (6) Appellant’s challenges to the death penalty failed, and the death sentence was appropriate and proportionate in this case.
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