Bennett v. State (Majority)
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The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court convincing Defendant of first-degree murder and sentencing him to life imprisonment and a sentencing enhancement, holding that the circuit court did not err or abuse its discretion.
A jury found Defendant guilty of the first-degree murder of Bianca Rainer. The Supreme Court affirmed the conviction, holding that the circuit court (1) did not err in refusing to suppress a detective's testimony about one of Defendant's custodial interviews that failed to record properly; and (2) did not abuse its discretion in admitting sixteen crime-scene and autopsy photographs of the victim over objections.
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