Summerville v. State

Summary

The court affirmed Summerville’s felony-murder conviction, holding that counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to the prosecutor’s closing argument about fibers found on the truck because the argument was a permissible inference from the evidence. The court also held that the trial court acted within its discretion in limiting cross-examination about the medical examiner’s prior disciplinary action because Summerville did not show that the evidence was meaningfully probative of bias and it posed risks of character impugnment and unfair prejudice.