Michigan Supreme Court, 1995

The Michigan Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals and reinstated Mills’s and Camilli’s convictions, holding that the burn photographs were relevant and that their probative value was not substantially outweighed by unfair prejudice.

The Michigan Supreme Court held that the challenged ethnic references, witness-credibility questioning, closing arguments, and evidence about a witness’s beating did not deprive Bahoda of a fair trial or otherwise require reversal.