State v. Smalls

Opinion

DUPONT, J.

This criminal case, in which the defendant, Bernard Smalls, was found guilty of murder, criminal possession of a firearm and risk of injury to a child, 1 concerns the prosecutor’s rebuttal closing argument, and the court’s failure to grant a motion for a judgment of acquittal on the charge of risk of injury to a child 2 and the court’s jury instruction on that charge. The crime of risk of injury to a child concerned the witnessing by the victim’s daughter of the shooting of the victim by the defendant. We affirm the trial court’s judgment of conviction.

The defendant claims…