Stokes v. State

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

In this appeal from his convictions for First Degree Murder, First Degree Robbery, First Degree Conspiracy, and two counts of Possession of a Deadly Weapon during the Commission of a Felony, the defendant, Walter Stokes, Jr., raises three issues: (1) that the State’s failure to disclose exculpatory statements in a timely manner violated his right to due process of law under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963); (2) that the prosecutor’s question to a police witness regarding a co-defendant’s statement to the police, and the State’s…