State v. Simmons

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant's convictions for murder, home invasion, and burglary in the first degree. It held that the surveillance, forensic, and consciousness-of-guilt evidence supported a reasonable finding that the defendant committed the crimes; that the evidence did not establish a sufficient direct connection between an unknown male DNA profile and the crimes to require a third-party culpability instruction; and that the prosecutor's challenged remarks were grounded in the evidence or were fair responses to defense counsel's argument.