State v. White
Annotate this CaseDefendant, a former police officer, was indicted on one count of felonious assault with a firearm specification arising from his shooting of Michael McCloskey Jr. during a traffic stop. After a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of felonious assault and the accompanying firearm specification. The court of appeals reversed the felonious assault conviction and remanded for a new trial, concluding (1) the firearm specification was unconstitutional as applied to Defendant; and (2) the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the use of deadly force and in not giving a mistaken-belief instruction, and by excluding testimony about the crimes Defendant believed McCloskey had committed. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the firearm specification did not apply in this case; (2) the trial court gave potentially misleading instructions to the jury regarding the use of deadly force and justification; and (3) the trial court erred in excluding evidence regarding the offenses that Defendant believed McCloskey had committed.
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