State v. Liner

HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

In his first assignment of error, defendant contends “[t]he trial court erred prejudicially in denying defendant’s motions to dis miss . . . In support of his contention, defendant argues “[t]he State produced not a scintilla of evidence of malice by Defendant towards Tommy Jordan, nor did it show the ‘generalized’, as opposed to ‘specific’ intent to kill required for a conviction of second degree murder to stand.” We disagree.

Our Courts have long held that the malice necessary to support a conviction for second degree murder “does not necessarily mean an actual intent to…