State v. Hill

KONDUROS, J.:

Jomer Hill appeals his murder convictions arguing the trial court erred in admitting testimony of a police informant who was allowed to invoke the Fifth Amendment on cross-examination. Hill further contends the trial court erred in failing to give a jury instruction permitting the jury to draw an adverse inference from the informant’s refusal to answer questions and in denying his motion for mistrial based on the solicitor’s closing argument. We affirm.

FACTS

Hill was convicted and sentenced to fifty years’ imprisonment for the murders of Ken Goldsmith and Trey Brown in December of…