State v. Snider

Defendant was convicted of felony murder. His conviction was reversed by the Court of Appeals. We allowed review in this case to decide whether the trial court erred in admitting in evidence a condition in a plea agreement that the state’s witness would take and pass a polygraph examination.

In this case, defendant was convicted of conspiring with Kenneth Foster, Lincoln Jackson and Terry Walker of kidnapping and killing the victim, Andrew Norwest. Norwest was picked up by these people in a van. As they drove to a remote area, Lincoln Jackson hit the victim repeatedly with an ax handle. While…