People v. Nolan

Defendant, Danny K. Nolan, appeals from his conviction for murder. He was found guilty after a bench trial and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Nolan raises two issues on appeal: (1) that he was denied a fair trial because the court admitted evidence of his prearrest and post-arrest silence and allowed the prosecution to comment on that evidence during closing argument; (2) that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt since the evidence failed to prove that he had the requisite intent to commit murder.

Danny Nolan and his wife, Sandra, arrived home around 1:30 in the morning of May…