Hayes v. State

Summary

The court affirmed Hayes's convictions for malice murder and related offenses. It held that firearms discovered through Hayes's voluntary, unwarned statement were admissible, and it rejected his ineffective-assistance, evidentiary, bifurcation, jury-instruction, and cumulative-error claims. The court concluded that any assumed errors were harmless or nonprejudicial in light of the record and the strong evidence of guilt.