State v. Leniart
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The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the Appellate Court reversing Defendant's conviction for murder and three counts of capital felony and remanding the case for a new trial, holding that the Appellate Court erred in concluding that a videotape and expert testimony were improperly excluded during trial.
Specifically, the Court held (1) Defendant's corpus delicti claim was reviewable on appeal because it was not merely evidentiary, but the Appellate Court properly concluded that there was sufficient evidence to support the conviction; (2) the Appellate Court erred in concluding that the trial court's erroneous exclusion of the videotape was not harmless; and (3) the Appellate Court erred in concluding that the trial court abused its discretion in precluding the expert testimony proffered by Defendant.
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