People v. Hampton

In 2004, defendant Wade Hampton was arrested and charged with the 1993 shooting death of Terrance McKinney. Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of first degree murder. The trial court subsequently sentenced defendant to 28 years in prison.

Defendant appeals, arguing that: (1) he was deprived of his constitutional right to cross-examine one of the State’s witnesses who testified that he was unable to remember the events surrounding the shooting and the trial court then allowed the admission of the witness’s prior testimony from a codefendant’s trial; and (2) the prosecutor’s…