State v. Jones

COZORT, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder. He was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison. Defendant disputes the following on appeal: (1) the trial court’s admission into evidence for corroboration purposes the prior statements given to police by three of the State’s witnesses, (2) the trial court’s failure to dismiss the charges based on insufficiency of the evidence, and (3) the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion for a mistrial because the jury deliberated for an unreasonable amount of time. We conclude the defendant received a fair trial…