Leon v. State

In this direct criminal appeal from his judgment of conviction and consecutive life sentences for attempted second-degree murder and kidnapping, appellant contends the trial court erred in allowing certain state witnesses to testify at trial on subjects appellant had earlier sought to exclude by filing three pretrial motions in limine ultimately denied by the trial court. We review a trial court’s ruling on the admissibility of evidence under an abuse of discretion standard. However, a trial court’s discretion is limited by the evidence code and applicable case law, and a court’s erroneous…