State v. Blackwell

Opinion

McLACHLAN, J.

The defendant, Maurice Blackwell, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of the murder 1 of Alonta Gaymon. He claims that (1) the court improperly denied his motion to suppress evidence of an eyewitness identification and (2) prosecutorial misconduct deprived him of a fair trial. The defendant argues, in the alternative, that this court should exercise its inherent supervisory authority and reverse the judgment of conviction. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. On the afternoon…