State v. Crume

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J:

Defendant, James Crume, Jr., convicted of first-degree premeditated murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, appeals his conviction, claiming the trial court erred by: (1) violating his right to due process by a pre-indictment delay of 17 years; (2) failing to instruct the jury as to the testimony of an accomplice; (3) finding that his statements were voluntarily and knowingly made; and (4) not granting a mistrial for the prosecutor’s violation of an order in hmine.

On July 22, 1981, James Atkerson arose in the early morning hours. Atkerson…