Comer v. State

RIDGELY, Justice:

This case arises from a gunfight in Wilmington, during which an innocent bystander, Bakeem Mitchell, was shot and killed. Defendant-Appellant Lamar Comer, one of three men charged with Mitchell’s death, appeals his Superior Court conviction of murder in the first degree (felony murder) for which he was sentenced to life in prison. 1 Comer raises three arguments on appeal. First, he contends that the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the felony murder charge. Specifically, he claims that the jury instructions allowed him to be convicted of felony murder absent…