Hayes v. State

Summary

The court affirmed Hayes's convictions, holding that firearms discovered because of his voluntary unwarned statement were admissible, even assuming Miranda applied. It rejected his ineffective-assistance claims, upheld admission of a witness's recorded prior inconsistent statement, found no reversible error in the refusal to bifurcate counts, and upheld the refusal to instruct on voluntary manslaughter. The court also concluded that any assumed errors were neither individually nor cumulatively prejudicial.