State v. Wright

This certified appeal requires us to consider a defendant's rights and obligations when he seeks to advance a theory of defense that the police investigation into the crime with which he was charged was inadequate. The state appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court, which reversed the judgment of conviction of the defendant, Billy Ray Wright, of murder and remanded the case for a new trial. The Appellate Court held that the trial court violated the defendant's right to a fair trial by limiting his cross-examination of the investigating police officers as to whether the murder…