State v. Smith

Summary

The Court affirmed Dorall Smith’s convictions for first-degree murder and criminal damage to property, rejecting all ten asserted grounds of error. It held that the evidence supported deliberate intent, that the late DNA recalculations caused no prejudice and were adequately remedied, and that the challenged trial rulings did not constitute reversible error. The Court clarified that autopsy photographs depicting a victim’s wounds are not testimonial statements and therefore do not implicate the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause.