People v. Reed

Blood stains and drag marks led police from two bound and gagged dead bodies found in an alley to defendant’s apartment. On request of the police to enter and look around, defendant opened his apartment door resulting in the search of the apartment’s rooms and defendant’s questioning and arrest.

Defendant claimed 11 different trial errors, of which we find it useful to discuss only the following 5:(1) Was there error in instructing the jury that the killings were murder in the first degree as a matter of fact and law?(2) Was it error to limit the scope of a Brady hearing so as to preclude…