Morrison v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Jeffrey Scott Morrison and Danjo Graziano were tried by a jury in a joint trial. The jury found Morrison guilty on two counts: murder, a felony, 1 and battery, a class B misdemeanor. 2 The jury also found Graziano guilty of murder. The court sentenced Morrison to sixty-five years in prison for murder, with a 180-day concurrent sentence for battery.

Morrison raises two issues:

1) Whether the trial court abused its discretion by limiting Morrison’s cross-examination of co-defendant Graziano and by refusing to allow Graziano’s written agreement with the State to be…