State v. Sanchez

MARTIN, Justice.

Defendant was tried capitally and found guilty of murder in the first degree upon the theory of premeditation and deliberation. Failing to find any aggravating circumstances, the jury recommended a sentence of life imprisonment, from which defendant appeals. Defendant contends, inter alia, that the trial court erred in excluding expert opinion evidence that the defendant did not understand the warnings given by police pursuant to Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 16 L. Ed. 2d 694 (1966), before he allegedly waived his rights and confessed. We hold that this exclusion was…