State v. Brown

Summary

The court affirmed Brown's convictions and sentences after assuming a hearsay error in admitting a cell-phone location map and finding prosecutorial error in repeated "we know" statements and an unsupported assertion that Brown was responsible. It held that the hearsay error was harmless because substantially similar evidence was admitted without objection, and that the prosecutorial errors were harmless beyond a reasonable doubt in light of the jury instructions, the context of the argument, and the strength of the evidence. The court also held that the errors did not cumulatively deprive Brown of a fair trial.