State v. Miller

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Gene Miller, from his conviction for first-degree murder. The victim, Nathan Harlow, was 17 years of age. Miller is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for 25 years.

Miller raises three issues on appeal. Miller contends the prosecutor elicited improper testimony from a State witness (testimony that photos of Miller used in a photo lineup had been taken when Miller was arrested previously and that Miller had refused to meet with officers investigating this murder) and that…