State v. Josephs

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

LaVECCHIA, J.

Table of Contents

Introduction........................................65

I. Facts and Procedural History........................66

II. Asserted Guilt-Phase Errors.........................79

A. Failure to Prove Own-Conduct Murder............79

B. Sequential Instruction to Jury on Own-Conduct Murder and Accomplice Liability...........86

C. Other Alleged Guilt-Phase Instruction Errors......96

1. Instruction on Serious-Bodily-Injury Murder V.................................96

2. Additional Asserted Instruction Errors........101

a. Self-Defense/Defense…