People v. Ortiz-Kehoe

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of first-degree murder under MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548 and sentenced to life without parole. He appeals as of right, urging us to reverse the jury’s verdict for four reasons: (1) the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial after a key prosecution witness, defendant’s accomplice after the fact, revealed to the jury that he was required to take a lie detector test, (2) the trial court made evidentiary errors, the cumulative effect of which denied defendant a fair trial and his right to confrontation, (3) the trial court should not have…