State v. Miller

I join the Court’s per curiam opinion. I write separately for several reasons, but primarily to explain why I support this Court’s decision not to consider whether the unpre-served errors asserted by Ms. Miller constitute reversible error under the discretionary “plain error” doctrine.1

I also want to briefly discuss several important issues that I think are involved in this case, and how those issues relate to further proceedings reviewing Ms. Miller’s conviction and sentence.

I support the decision not to invoke the plain error doctrine because the asserted unpreserved errors are in large…