State v. Taylor

Introduction

Appellant Tyrone Taylor (“Taylor”) appeals from the judgment of the trial court. Following a bench trial, Taylor was found guilty of one count of second-degree murder and one count of armed criminal action for the death of Antoine Bryant (“Bryant”). Taylor avers that there was insufficient evidence to support a guilty verdict, that the trial court erred in allowing emotional testimony of the victim’s mother that was extremely prejudicial and served no purpose other than to inflame the passions of the fact-finder, and that the trial • court plainly erred in not striking portions of…