State v. Gilliland

OPINION

in which ANDERSON, C.J., and DROWOTA and HOLDER, JJ., joined.

We granted appeal in this case to decide the following two issues: (1) whether the trial court abused its discretion in a felony murder prosecution by admitting evidence that the appellant was involved in a prior shooting of two individuals in order to “tell the full story” of the current prosecution; and (2) whether the State’s withdrawal of its notice seeking the death penalty was also an implicit withdrawal of the State’s notice seeking life imprisonment without parole. We hold that although the trial court abused its…