State v. Brown

Vincent Cortez Brown appeals his second-degree murder conviction for his role in a barbaric shoot-out which resulted in the death of an innocent bystander. We find Brown’s statements to police voluntary and admissible, the second-degree murder conviction supported by substantial evidence, and the evidentiary rulings by the trial court were within the court’s discretion. For these reasons, we affirm.

J. Background Facts & Proceedings.

On April 8, 1996, Phyllis Davis was shot and killed while driving home from work. Davis unknowingly drove between two cars engaged in a gun battle. A driver of one…