Collins v. State

The Supreme Court affirmed Appellant's conviction for capital murder, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment, holding that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in not allowing Appellant to impeach a prosecution witness's credibility with extrinsic evidence of her mental disorder.A jury found Appellant guilty of premeditated and deliberated capital murder and of using a firearm during the commission of the offense. Appellant was sentenced to life in prison. On appeal, Appellant argued that the circuit court abused its discretion by not allowing him to impeach a witness's credibility with extrinsic evidence that she suffered from schizophrenia. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that, even assuming the circuit court erred by refusing to allow this evidence to impeach Appellant's credibility, any error would be harmless under the facts of this case. View "Collins v. State" on Justia Law