State v. Carter
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for first-degree felony murder, criminal discharge of a firearm, aggravated battery, and criminal threat, holding that any error during the proceedings below was harmless.
On appeal, Defendant argued that the district court erred by (1) declining to give his proffered instruction clarifying the definition of aiding and abetting, and (2) erred in granting the State's motion to consolidate his charges for trial. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) any possible error in failing to give Defendant's requested jury instruction on aiding and abetting was harmless; and (2) the district court did not abuse its discretion in consolidating Defendant's charges for trial.
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