State v. Peaslee

Defendant seeks reversal of his convictions for felony murder and robbery in the first degree. He contends that the trial court erred (1) in denying him a new trial, (2) in granting the state’s motion that he be restrained during trial, (3) in consolidating the charges, (4) in sustaining the state’s objection to certain testimony and (5) in sentencing him to a 25-year minimum term.

Defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying him a new trial, because a unanimous verdict on the felony murder charge and a 10-2 verdict on the robbery charge were logically inconsistent. Defendant did…