State v. Boswell

After a jury convicted Robert Boswell of first-degree burglary, the circuit court sentenced him to life imprisonment ■without the possibility of parole (LWOP). 1 Following the denial of his motions for a new trial and reconsideration of his sentence, Boswell appealed his conviction and sentence on the grounds the circuit court erred in: (1) declining to suppress his confessions as they were the direct result of an unlawful arrest by officers acting outside their territorial jurisdiction; and (2) imposing an LWOP sentence as it constituted an abuse of discretion and violated state and federal…