State v. Turner

Summary

The court affirmed Turner's first degree murder conviction and life sentence, holding that the trial court acted within its discretion in granting the State a continuance after late discovery of a cell phone, that the evidence was sufficient, and that Turner’s ineffective-assistance assignments were either insufficiently specific or meritless. The court concluded that the pretrial disclosure did not violate due process and that Turner waived any statutory discovery remedy by failing to request a further continuance. It also held that the record supported the jury’s verdict and that delegating trial responsibilities to an associate is not presumptively deficient. No separate opinions were filed.