McCullough v. the State.

Summary

The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support McCullough’s convictions for the murders and related offenses, despite the absence of physical evidence directly linking him to the crimes and the credibility issues concerning a prosecution witness. It also held that denying another continuance to accommodate one attorney’s scheduling conflict did not abuse the trial court’s discretion or violate McCullough’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel because he had already received a lengthy continuance and was represented by three qualified, prepared capital defenders. The court nevertheless vacated the conviction and sentence for aggravated assault of Gene because that offense merged into Gene’s malice-murder conviction.