State v. Stano

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Davis, J.:

Vaccaro Stano appeals from his conviction of first-degree, premeditated murder. The defendant contends before this court that his conviction must be reversed based upon the following claims of error: (1) the exclusion of his exculpatory statement to police; (2) the admission of preliminary hearing testimony at trial of an unavailable witness; (3) the trial court’s failure to provide a cautionary instruction concerning informants’ testimony; and (4) prosecutorial misconduct during closing argument. We have considered the defendant’s claims,…