Lynn v. State

Summary

The court affirmed Lynn’s malice-murder conviction but vacated the aggravated-assault sentence because the aggravated assault merged into the murder conviction. It rejected Lynn’s challenges concerning the trial court’s findings, the denied mistrial, and alleged ineffective assistance, concluding that the trial court’s findings were sufficient, the curative instruction adequately addressed the polygraph reference, and counsel’s performance was not constitutionally deficient or prejudicial. The court also concluded that no errors remained to aggregate in a cumulative-prejudice analysis.