Abdul-Wadood v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

This is a direct appeal following conviection in a trial by jury of the offenses of attempted murder and class C battery. Appellant was sentenced to consecutive fifty and eight year terms of imprisonment, those sentences to also run consecutively to the time appellant was already serving.

There are five issues presented for review: (1) whether the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury that specific intent to commit murder is an element of attempted murder; (2) whether the trial court erred by excluding defense evidence; (3) whether the trial court erred by not…