State v. Harris

I. NATURE OF CASE

Jack E. Harris was convicted of murder in the first degree and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony. The primary issues presented in this appeal are whether Harris was entitled to a hearing on the voluntariness of a statement he gave to police in an unrelated investigation, whether Harris was entitled to a mistrial based on prosecutorial misconduct, and whether the district court erroneously admitted evidence of Harris’ prior bad acts. Because we find Harris’ claims of reversible error to be without merit, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

II. BACKGROUND

During…