State v. Logan

We granted review to consider two issues in this case. We granted the State’s petition for certiorari to consider whether the trial court acted within its discretion in refusing to pose Logan’s multi-part voir dire questions regarding the defense of not criminally responsible (NCR) and the potential effect of pretrial publicity. We granted Logan’s cross-petition to consider whether the trial court’s error in admitting into evidence his confession in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), was harmless error.

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James Ramiah Logan was indicted by the…