Whitehead v. State

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Kevon Whitehead and Raldane Gordon were jointly indicted for various crimes, including malice murder, relating to the shooting death of Horace Napier. Whitehead went to trial and was found guilty on all counts. On appeal, he contends that this Court should abandon its unusual rule that a defendant who objects and obtains a ruling on the admissibility of similar transaction evidence at a hearing held pursuant to Uniform Superior Court Rule (USCR) 31.3 (B) waives appeal of the issue unless he repeats the same objection when the evidence is offered at trial. Whitehead also…