State v. Canaan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

Defendant Marvin Canaan was convicted of premeditated murder, aggravated robbery, and aggravated burglary. Defendant appeals, claiming the district court failed to: (1) sup press evidence seized in a warrantless search; (2) suppress defendant’s statements made in the emergency room; (3) conduct a Frye hearing as to the admissibility of luminol testing; and (4) permit cross-examination of a prosecution witness.

FACTS:

Sometime in the morning hours of October 20, 1994, Michael Kirkpatrick was murdered. The evening before, he was observed at a…