People v. Young

Following a jury trial, defendant Angela Young was convicted of first degree murder for the stabbing death of Vanessa Odum and sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonment.

On appeal, defendant asserts that the trial court erred by: (1) failing to quash defendant’s arrest and suppress evidence when it refused to hear evidence regarding the reliability of the two occurrence witnesses who provided the police with information which led to the arrest of defendant; (2) prejudicing the jury against defendant by its alleged maltreatment of defense counsel in the presence of the jury; (3) limiting defense…