Hall v. State
Hall v. State
Opinion of the Court
Stanley Hall was tried by jury and convicted of carjacking. At trial, Hall’s taped statement to police was played for the jury. According to Hall, there was an
Here, the record reflects that much of the taped statement was inaudible or at least difficult to hear and neither the trial judge nor the prosecutor heard the “prison” reference during the initial playing of the tape. The defendant alone contended he heard such a reference.
AFFIRMED.
. Whether defense counsel initially heard the word "prison” on the tape is unclear since he merely stated that "[m]y client tells me that he heard himself on the tape say that he was in prison, so I’ll go over it with him later.”
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