State v. Mouth

¶1 Sophea Mouth appeals a judgment convicting him of second degree intentional homicide and attempted second degree intentional homicide. Mouth was found guilty at a jury trial after he shot two men, one fatally, during a dispute over Mouth's occupation of property affected by foreclosure proceedings. Mouth appeals the circuit court's decisions not to instruct the jury as follows: (1) in order to evict occupiers from business premises that were subject to foreclosure a property owner needs to rely on a writ of assistance; and (2) Mouth did not have a duty to attempt to retreat before shooting…