State v. Wright

The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction for first-degree premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit murder, holding that Defendant’s right to be present at a continuance hearing did not cause reversible harm and that none of Defendant’s other challenges required reversal.The Supreme Court previously issued a decision in this case remanding for an evidentiary hearing to establish a record on whether Defendant’s right to be present at the continuance hearing was harmless error. Having evaluated the results of the hearing, the Supreme Court held (1) there was no reversible error resulting from the violation of Defendant’s right to be present; (2) there was no reversible error from any related allegation of error based on Defendant’s lawyer’s failure to argue a violation of the speedy trial statute; (3) there was no reversible error from the prosecution’s failure to bring Defendant to trial within ninety days of his arraignment; and (4) Defendant’s remaining appellate challenges to his convictions were unavailing and did not require reversal. View "State v. Wright" on Justia Law