State v. Apodaca
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant Herman Apodaca was convicted of felony murder, conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree, and robbery in the first degree. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) trial court properly dismissed a juror midtrial for cause; (2) the trial court properly instructed the juror on the felony murder count; (3) under the facts of the case, the court did not violate its obligations by declining to rephrase the entire conspiracy instruction in laypersons' terms after the jury requested further instructions; and (4) the trial court's instructions on conspiracy to commit robbery were not misleading, and therefore, Defendant's due process rights were not violated by the instructions.
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