Dillard v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant Reginald Dillard was convicted of murder for his role in killing a police informant. In affirming the conviction, we find that the trial court properly granted Defendant's request to be tried together with a co-defendant. We also find the testimony of another accomplice to be sufficiently creditworthy to support the conviction and that Defendant was not prejudiced by certain evidence initially permitted over his objection but subsequently disallowed.

Background

The facts most favorable to the judgment indicate that on August 19, 1998, Defendant and Eddie Fredrick…