Scalissi v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant Gary Scalissi was convicted of murder for shooting a man who had been staying in his apartment. We affirm, holding his claimed intoxication did not render his confession involuntary absent police coercion and testimony that he raped the victim's companion was relevant to his motive and to whether the shooting was accidental. Two trial errors do not require reversal: the first because the error was harmless; the second because there was no objection at trial.

Background

On June 18, 1999, Gary Scalissi came home from work to find his roommate and two of his roommate's…