State v. Simms

Kathy M. Simms, defendant-appellant, has appealed her conviction by a jury of aggravated robbery asserting the following assignments of error:

1. “It was error to the prejudice of Appellant for the trial Court to permit an accomplice to testify over Appellant’s objection that the State and said accomplice entered into an illegal plea bargain in order to produce such testimony.”

2. “The trial Court’s refusal to permit a defense expert witness to testify concerning the illegality of an accomplice’s plea bargain and thus demonstrate to the jury that her testimony was fatally tainted was a denial…