Johns v. State

KAUTZ, Justice.

* An order granting Ms. Olson’s Motion to Withdraw was entered on December IS, 2017.

[¶1] A jury convicted the appellant, Don Wesley Johns, of the first-degree murder of his roommate, Don Wickersham. Mr. Johns appeals his conviction, arguing that the district court erroneously instructed the jury in multiple ways and that the court utilized an improper stepped verdict form. We affirm.

ISSUES

[¶2] Mr. Johns’ issue statement is a blanket question of whether the district court properly instructed the jury; therefore, we re-state the issues to give them more specificity:

1. Did the…