State v. Llamas
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of felony murder and criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle. Defendant appealed, arguing that he did not aid and abet Michael Navarro, the person who actually killed the victim, but was merely present at the time of the shooting. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's verdict because there was evidence Defendant took an active role in the commission of the crimes and intended to aid and abet Navarro; (2) the trial court did not err in declining to add Defendant's proposed language to the aiding and abetting jury instruction; and (3) any error on the part of the trial court in failing to instruct the jury to consider the testimony of Navarro's girlfriend with caution because she was an accomplice was harmless.
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