McNeal v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of malice murder, felony murder, armed robbery, and other offenses in connection with the killing of the victim and his son. Defendant raised several issues on appeal. The court held that the evidence adduced at trial was sufficient to authorize a rational trier of fact to find defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the charges for which he was convicted. The court held that the trial court did not err by allowing the prosecutor to read defendant's entire criminal history into evidence because the basis for admitting this evidence was to disprove defendant's lie by omission. The court also held that the trial court did not err in refusing trial counsel's request for jury instructions on the defenses of self-defense and justification where the "slight evidence" standard in Davis v. State did not warrant an additional jury charge of self-defense and defendant was not entitled to an instruction on the broader defense of justification. The court rejected defendant's arguments regarding ineffective assistance of counsel. Accordingly, the judgment was affirmed.
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