State v. Hudgins

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Biles, J.:

In July 2009, while fleeing police during a high-speed chase, Kaston Hudgins rear ended another vehicle, killing both occupants. A juiy convicted him of two counts of first-degree felony murder and one count of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer. In this direct appeal from those convictions, Hudgins challenges: (1) time constraints imposed on defense counsel’s voir dire; (2) admonishments by the district court in the jury’s presence about the time defense counsel was taking during voir dire; (3) the district court’s refusal to…