Court Opinion

ID: 9628440
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 09:20:30.14705+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:06:07.033864
License: Public Domain

MOELLER, Justice,
concurring.
I agree with Vice Chief Justice Feld-man’s suggestion that we should adopt, for future cases, the practice of submitting separate verdict forms when, in a potential death penalty case, the case is submitted to the jury on both premeditated murder and felony murder theories. In my opinion, such a change in practice would be prudent in light of developments which have occurred since the existing practice was approved in McDaniel and would, I believe, be of great assistance to trial judges and to judges of this court who are attempting to resolve the increasingly complex issues presented by death penalty cases. To this extent, I join in his concurrence.
NOTE: This Opinion is corrected to reflect that the trial counsel for Defendant/Appellant was Thomas E. Higgins and that the appellate counsel was Harold L. Higgins.