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- Title: State v. Castleberry
- Author : Supreme Court of Montana
- Release Date : January 13, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 81 KB
Description
This case involves a direct appeal to this court from a conviction of first degree murder and a sentence of death. La. Const. art. V, § 5(D). The main issues involve: (1) the denial of a continuance based on the defendants medical problems; (2) the trial courts finding of competency; (3) the denial of a continuance to give the defense experts time to prepare for trial; (4) the refusal of the trial court to give a special instruction on accomplice testimony; (5) the trial courts allegedly encouraging the jury to reach a verdict quickly; (6) the trial courts limiting the testimony of a defense expert; (7) testimony of a State expert that allegedly went to the issue of defendants credibility; (8) the admission of other crimes evidence; (9) denial of a mistrial based on the admission of unnoticed other crimes evidence; (10) ineffective assistance of counsel; (11) violations of sequestration; and (12) failure to record four bench conferences.