State v. Hatcher

I believe the circuit court did not commit reversible error during the appellant’s first-degree murder trial. Therefore, I respectfully dissent.

Preliminarily, I note that I am troubled by the majority’s statement that they considered the appellant’s assignments of error in the context of the appellant’s “substantial” challenge to the prosecution’s ease. By this the majority refers to the witness who was in jail with the appellant to whom the appellant made inculpatory remarks; the witness who was a former girlfriend of the appellant and admitted to drug use; and the evidence against the…