Conde v. State

How courts have described this case

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• instructing that prejudice due to a delay of an initial - 22 - appearance must be “proven on a case-by-case basis”
• finding evidence of five collateral crime murders relevant to prove premeditation and refute defendant’s theory that he killed in an “instantaneous combustion” of unexpected emotion
• finding no error in admission of three days of testimony concerning collateral murders, which was unavoidable given fact that five collateral murders were involved
• ruling trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting Williams rule - 29 - evidence and “plac[ing] special emphasis on the fact that the trial court repeatedly instructed the jury as to the proper purpose of [the] evidence each time it was introduced”
• affirming admission of lengthy testimony of collateral crimes and \plac[ing] special emphasis on the fact that the trial court repeatedly instructed the jury as to the proper purpose of this Williams rule evidence each time it was introduced\
• “A trial court’s decision on a Richardson hearing is subject to reversal only upon a showing of abuse of discretion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).