Daniels v. State

The defendant appeals his conviction of second-degree murder and life sentence. We affirm.

The defendant contends he should receive a new trial because evidence that a witness was threatened before trial was improperly admitted, and because witnesses revealed that the defendant had already been convicted of the charged offenses in a previous trial. He argues that these errors cumulatively deprived him of a fair trial. The State asserts that no error occurred.

The defendant was tried in 2001 for first-degree murder, attempted robbery, and unlawful possession of a firearm while engaged in a…