State v. Copridge

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Davis, J.:

This is a direct criminal appeal from convictions of felony murder, first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, and aggravated kidnapping. The defendant, Alan Keith Copridge, claims that the trial court erred (1) in failing to grant his motion to suppress evidence, (2) in failing to grant his motion to suppress his pretrial statements, and (3) in failing to grant a mistrial. The defendant also appeals from the imposition of a hard 40 sentence, claiming that the State failed to comply with the statutory notice requirements.

On Monday, October 15,…