Brooks v. State

BOEHM, Justice.

A jury convicted Kenneth L. Brooks of murder. He was sentenced to sixty years imprisonment. Brooks raises three issues on appeal which we restate as follows:

1.Did the trial court err by denying Brooks’ motion to suppress his videotaped statement to the police?

2. Did the trial court err by excluding evidence of the victim’s prior bad acts?

3. Was the evidence sufficient to support the murder conviction in light of Brooks’ self-defense claim?

We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

The facts most favorable to the verdict reveal that on February 2,1995, Eddie Jackson, the victim…