Lamb v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Pickering, J.:

Robert Lamb appeals his conviction of the first-degree murder of his sister, Susan. He identifies a multitude of errors, from his first encounter with' the police, through pretrial proceedings, jury selection, and trial, to the mishandling of a jury note during deliberations and, finally, sentencing. For the reasons below, we conclude that: (1) the public safety exception to the Miranda rule made admissible Lamb’s unwarned statement to the police that “I have a revolver, but I found it”; (2) Lamb’s claims of pervasive procedural, evidentiary, and…