Joyner v. State

Appellant challenges his convictions for first-degree murder and robbery with a firearm, raising two issues on appeal: Whether the trial court erred in denying his peremptory strike of a juror, and whether it was error to exclude a defense witness. We affirm Appellant’s convictions, and write only to address why it was not error to exclude one of Appellant’s witnesses.

Evidence Presented Below

At trial, the medical examiner testified that the victim died of multiple gunshot wounds to the head and torso. In the medical examiner’s report, the three bullets recovered from the victim’s body were…