People v. Mills

We granted leave in this case1 to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in granting the defendants, Vester Mills and James Camilli, a new trial on the basis that seventeen color slides shown to their juries, that depicted the victim’s severe burn wounds over more than sixty percent of her body, were unfairly prejudicial. In addition, only with respect to defendant Mills, we granted leave to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in granting him a new trial on the ground that his jury should have been instructed on the defenses of "accident” and "intoxication.”

We reverse the…