State v. Knight

PARKER, Justice.

Defendant was tried capitally on an indictment charging him with the first-degree murder of Carlos Colon Stoner (“victim”). The jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty as charged. During a capital sentencing proceeding, the jury was unable to unanimously agree as to its sentencing recommendation, and the trial court imposed a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. For the reasons discussed herein, we conclude that defendant’s trial was free of prejudicial error and uphold his conviction and sentence.

On the morning of 27 May 1992, the body of Carlos Stoner was…