State v. Lowery

The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s jury trial convictions for premeditated first-degree murder, attempted premeditated first-degree murder, and other crimes, holding that the error in the proceedings below did not require reversal because Defendant’s right to a fair trial was not violated.On appeal, the Supreme Court identified three instances of prosecutorial error and also found that Defendant’s statutory right to be present at the hearing on his motion in limine was violated and that the district court erred in refusing to redact a video recording of Defendant’s law enforcement interview to remove references to a fifty-year sentence and the statements implying that Defendant had previously been in prison. The Supreme Court held that the errors, both in isolation and cumulatively, did not deprive Defendant of a fair trial. View "State v. Lowery" on Justia Law