Johnson v. State

CHRISTIE, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from a criminal conviction in the Superior Court. A jury found the defendant/appellant, William Curtis Johnson, guilty of kidnapping in the first, degree and burglary in the second degree. Johnson was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment on the burglary charge and life imprisonment on the kidnapping charge. On appeal, Johnson advances five claims of error.

He asserts that his conviction should be reversed because the trial court erred by (1) violating Johnson’s constitutional right to confront his accusers by refusing to allow the defense counsel to…