Rucker v. State

Summary

The court affirmed Rucker's convictions for malice murder and related offenses. It held that any error in omitting an accomplice-corroboration instruction did not constitute plain error because the substantial independent evidence against Rucker showed that the omission did not probably affect the verdict. It also held that the trial court properly denied Rucker's constitutional speedy-trial motion after correctly applying the four-factor balancing test.