People v. Shore

I dissent. The record in this case reveals that the State’s evidence is woefully unpersuasive and that the trial judge committed grievous errors in his rulings and findings. Reversal of the defendant’s murder conviction and sentence is therefore demanded. Inasmuch as the defendant vociferously protests his innocence and adamantly argues that the evidence fails to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, a chronology of the events of this case, the trial evidence and the court’s findings and rulings necessarily follows.

On August 10, 1982, shortly after midnight, Garrison Hester, a…