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Moore v. State

A drug agent's testimony regarding the dangers of dismantling a methamphetamine lab was relevant and admissible, even though he discussed a different method of manufacturing the drug than involved in defendant's case.

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Lamar Morgan Moore was convicted of felony murder predicated upon criminal attempt to manufacture methamphetamine, two counts of criminal attempt to manufacture methamphetamine and one count of trafficking in methamphetamine. He appeals from the verdict and sentence entered thereon.1

1. Appellant contends that the trial court erred by admitting into evidence two inculpatory statements he made to the police. The first statement was made four days after the fire that killed the victim when appellant was still a patient in the burn unit of an Augusta hospital. Detective Wilson of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department, accompanied by a patient representative, spoke with appellant in his hospital room. Wilson testified that he found appellant to be lucid and coherent and that he gave responsive answers to the detective’s questions, although he was upset and emotional over the death of his mother. Wilson did not threaten appellant and testified that he did not promise anything, although he acknowledged he told appellant “I’ll do anything I can to help you, but you need to be truthful about what happened.” The interview lasted fifteen minutes. Appellant admitted that he had been preparing methamphetamine in the trailer home he shared with his mother and other family members when the ether he was using ignited and caused the fire that destroyed the trailer and killed his mother.

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