State v. Salary

The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions and sentences, holding that the district court did not err.Defendant was convicted of one count of first-degree premeditated murder and one count of arson. The Supreme Court upheld Defendant's convictions but remanded the case for resentencing of Defendant's hard fifty life sentence. After a resentencing hearing, the court sentenced Defendant to a hard twenty-five life sentence. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the district court did not err in denying Defendant's motion to dismiss at the resentencing hearing; (2) Defendant was barred from raising ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel claims for the first time on appeal; (3) the district court did not err in denying Defendant's request for exculpatory evidence; and (4) the district court did not engage in judicial misconduct in denying Defendant's right to allocution. View "State v. Salary" on Justia Law