State v. Papen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allegrucci, J.:

Steven Papen was convicted by a jury of premeditated first-degree murder of Dana Anderson. A hard 50 sentence was imposed. He appeals his conviction and sentence.

On appeal, Papen argues that: (1) the trial court abused its discretion in excluding the testimony of Papen’s expert psychological witness and in responding to the jury’s request regarding the testimony of a witness; (2) the especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel aggravating circumstance was unconstitutionally vague; (3) there was insufficient evidence to support the trial…