State v. Struzik

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, j.:

Defendant appeals a conviction of first-degree felony murder based on felony abuse of a child, claiming (1) the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction; (2) the expert witnesses invaded the province of the jury; (3) the trial court improperly instructed the jury regarding deadlock; (4) the trial court failed to instruct on lesser included offenses; and (5) the cumulative trial errors require reversal of the conviction.

Troy Manis, age 3, died on June 28,1996. The cause of his death was blunt trauma to the head.

The child’s mother,…