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Criminal Law Supreme Court Slip Opinion

by Townsend, Karen

 

SC20729 - State v. Outlaw (Conviction of murder, criminal possession of a firearm; carrying a pistol without a permit; “The defendant claims that (1) the trial court abused its discretion by failing to question or dismiss a juror who appeared to be sleeping during a portion of the first day of evidence, (2) the trial court improperly admitted evidence related to witness protection, (3) the trial court improperly allowed a witness to testify that she had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, and (4) the prosecutor improperly commented in closing argument on the defendant’s right to a jury trial. We disagree with these claims and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the trial court.”)