10 results for 'cat:"Evidence" AND cat:"Murder" AND cat:"Witnesses"'.
J. Moore affirms the defendant's second-degree murder conviction, finding that while the district court abused its discretion in admitting evidence that a witness received threatening phone calls from an unknown caller, the defendant has not demonstrated that there was a reasonable possibility that this evidence significantly impacted the verdict. Affirmed.
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court, Judge: Moore, Filed On: May 8, 2024, Case #: A22-0316, Categories: evidence, murder, witnesses
J. Barrett finds the trial court properly convicted defendant for murder. After receiving an anonymous tip, officers discovered the victim's decomposing body inside a vacant building. Witness' interviews implicated defendant and an accomplice. The accomplice agreed to testify in exchange for a plea agreement, saying defendant told him he was going to kill the victim for being a snitch. Multiple witnesses saw defendant with a handgun on the day of the murder, saying he was seeking ammunition, while the accomplice said defendant shot the victim in the chest and twice in the face. The accomplice's testimony was sufficiently corroborated. Affirmed.
Court: Arkansas Court Of Appeals, Judge: Barrett , Filed On: April 10, 2024, Case #: CR-23-661, Categories: evidence, murder, witnesses
J. Wendlandt vacates the defendant's convictions for first-degree murder, armed assault with intent to murder, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon after he allegedly killed a man in a drive-by shooting where he shot the man 11 times, and shot but did not kill the man's associate. There were no witnesses to the shooting who were able to identify defendant and the judge denied his request to conduct a voir dire examination of a witness who claimed to have seen him in a bluish-silver Nissan sedan near the crime scene 20-30 minutes before the shooting. Vacated.
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Court, Judge: Wendlandt, Filed On: November 16, 2023, Case #: SJC-12984, Categories: evidence, murder, witnesses
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J. Emfinger finds the lower court properly convicted defendant of conspiracy to commit murder and first-degree murder for his role in the shooting death of a man. Defendant received a 20-year sentence for the conspiracy conviction and life imprisonment for murder to run concurrently. Defendant argues the lower court erroneously allowed phone records and testimony of an officer explaining the use of those records in tracking the location of defendant’s cell phone, but the instant court finds no error in the lower court's handling of the matter. Affirmed.
Court: Mississippi Court Of Appeals, Judge: Emfinger, Filed On: October 31, 2023, Case #: 2022-KA-00709-COA, Categories: evidence, murder, witnesses
J. Bates finds that the lower court properly convicted defendant of murder, robbery and tampering with a motor vehicle. The court did not err by excluding testimony in an offer of proof from a law enforcement witness or by declining to permit defense counsel to show a surveillance vide of the crime during voir dire. Affirmed.
Court: Missouri Court Of Appeals, Judge: Bates, Filed On: September 19, 2023, Case #: SD37522, Categories: evidence, murder, witnesses