Miller v. State

Appellant challenges the trial court’s order denying his motion for postconviction relief after an evidentiary hearing. Appellant claimed that his trial counsel should have objected to the introduction of a confession because it had not been disclosed by the State during pretrial discovery. The trial court determined that the State had not committed a discovery violation because it had disclosed the identity of the witness. We conclude that the failure of the State to disclose the existence and substance of the statement was a discovery violation. Accordingly, we reverse and remand this cause…