State v. McKinley (Signed Opinion)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Petitioner was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Supreme Court affirmed after adopting a system of precedent intended to clarify the weight of opinions issued by the Court, holding that the trial court (1) did not improperly admit prior bad act evidence at trial; (2) abused its discretion in admitting certain lay opinion testimony, but the error was harmless; (3) did not abuse its discretion in precluding testimony by a psychiatrist; (4) did not err in rejecting a plea agreement; and (5) did not err in admitting opinion testimony by a fact witness. In addition, Petitioner waived his allegation that the trial court erred in its ruling concerning Facebook evidence.
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