State v. Cosby

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

In the early morning hours of April 4, 2004, seven individuals witnessed defendant Lafayette Cosby fatally shoot Robert Martin: The contested issue at trial was whether defendant shot Martin while attempting to defend his friend, Alrick “Tin Tin” Johnson. In this appeal from his jury conviction of premeditated first-degree murder, defendant argues that the district judge erred by admitting a statement made after defendant invoked his right to speak with an attorney and in allowing the State to inform die jury that defendant had invoked that…