holding that a jury could find premeditation and deliberation in light of appellant’s motive, the fact that he brought the murder weapon to the scene of the crime, and the manner and circumstances of decedent’s death
How later courts described this case
- holding that a jury could find premeditation and deliberation in light of appellant’s motive, the fact that he brought the murder weapon to the scene of the crime, and the manner and circumstances of decedent’s death
- eight gunshot wounds fired at close range with no sign of struggle probative of “planned and calculated intent to kill”
- defendant bringing murder weapon to scene permits inference he “ ‘arrived on the scene already possessed of a calmly planned and calculated intent to kill’ ”
- where no evidence of romantic relationship other than “talking,” trial court properly excluded proffered testimony intended to show that another rejected suitor had a similar motive to kill
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
NEWMAN, Chief Judge,
dissenting:
I would reverse the conviction of first-degree murder on the basis of evidentiary insufficiency. I would also hold that the trial court committed reversible error by the limits it placed on the presentation of evidence linking another person to the murder.