State v. Stephens

FLANIGAN, Presiding Judge.

A jury found defendant James Stephens guilty of capital murder, § 565.001,1 and he was sentenced to life imprisonment without probation or parole for at least 50 years. Defendant appeals.

Defendant asserts that the trial court erred in (1) improperly restricting his right to cross-examine state’s witness Hollis Freeman, (2) failing to declare a mistrial on the basis of - an improper communication between the prosecutor and a juror, and (3) admitting into evidence, over defendant’s objection, state’s Exhibits 1 and 2, two photographs of the victim. Defendant does not…