Pierce v. State

Summary

The court affirmed Pierce’s convictions for malice murder, first-degree arson, and a Gang Act violation. It held that the evidence was constitutionally sufficient and rejected Pierce’s evidentiary, Confrontation Clause, juror, mistrial, Brady, recusal, prosecutorial-misconduct, and ineffective-assistance claims. The court concluded that several claims were unpreserved or inadequately developed and that the remaining claims failed on the merits.