Finch v. State

The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendant, after a jury trial, of aggravated residential burglary, aggravated assault on a family or household member, and first-degree terroristic threatening and sentencing him as a habitual offender to life imprisonment plus fifteen years and a $10,000 fine. The Court held (1) the circuit court did not err by denying Defendant’s requests to represent himself at trial; and (2) the circuit court did not conduct a proper inquiry when denying Defendant’s motion for mistrial based on a juror looking up something with his cell phone and sharing that information with other jurors during guilt-innocence phase deliberations, but there was no reasonable probability of prejudice to Defendant in this case. View "Finch v. State" on Justia Law