Mach distinguished where comments isolated, not based on specialized knowledge, and State's case not dependent on credibility of victim
How later courts described this case
- Mach distinguished where comments isolated, not based on specialized knowledge, and State's case not dependent on credibility of victim
- trial court considered cireumstances suggesting exculpatory matters asserted in hearsay statement were recently fabricated, and properly excluded the statement
- trial court considered circumstances suggesting exculpatory matters asserted in hearsay statement were recently fabricated, and properly excluded the statement
- "A confession tends to be more trustworthy if it provides hitherto-unknown facts which are not only verifiable, but also consistent with known facts."
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The opinion
CHAPEL, Judge,
Concurs In Part/Dissents In Part:
T 1 I concur in affirming the conviction for First Degree Murder (Count 1) and I concur in affirming the death sentence for that crime. However, I would reverse and dismiss the Conspiracy (Count 2) conviction, as I believe it to violate the double jeopardy clauses of both the State and Federal Constitutions.