Nicholls v. People

JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶1 In November 2008, a jury convicted Deborah Lee Nicholls for the first degree murders of her three children, and for conspiracy, attempted theft, using a controlled substance, and possessing methamphetamine. On appeal, Nicholls argued, inter alia, that the trial court erred in admitting at trial the statements that her then-husband, Tim Nic-holls, made to his cellmate about Nicholls’ involvement in their children’s .deaths. Nic-holls contended that these statements violated her state constitutional right of confrontation and were…