Wells v. State

Wells was charged and convicted of the first degree murder of his live-in girlfriend. Even though the trial was not perfect1, we find any errors to have been harmless and affirm.

Wells and the victim had a stormy relationship in which Wells had battered her on numerous occasions and was incarcerated once for his abuse of her. Following the victim’s disappearance, the trailer shared by Wells and the victim was examined by law enforcement and blood was seen all around the trailer except in Wells’ room. When testifying about the examination of the trailer made at a time when Wells was not even a…