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Criminal Law: First-Degree Murder-Motive Evidence-Inadmissible Testimony
Staff Report//March 27, 2020//
Where a defendant in a first-degree murder case challenged the exclusion of evidence that others had motives to kill the victim, the defendant did not present any evidence that would directly connect another individual to the shooting, so the trial court did not err in excluding evidence of others’ motives, and the court did not abuse its discretion in denying a request for a mistrial after a witness spontaneously offered inadmissible testimony about the defendant’s request for an attorney, and the judgment is affirmed over the defendant’s remaining claims of evidentiary error.
Judgment is affirmed.
State v. Allen (MLW No.74738/Case No. ED107222 – 20 pages) (Missouri Court 9of Appeals, Eastern District, Sullivan, J.) Appealed from circuit court, St. Louis City, Hettenbach, J. (Matthew A. Radefeld for appellant) (Daniel N. McPherson for respondent).
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