State v. Cornelius

GEER, Judge.

Defendant Terrell Davez Cornelius appeals from his conviction of felony murder. In defendant’s first trial on the charges of felony murder and first degree burglary, a jury found him guilty of first degree burglary but could not reach a verdict on the felony murder charge. The trial court declared a mistrial on the felony murder charge, and defendant was retried on that charge only.

In this appeal, defendant primarily argues that the trial court in the second trial erred in applying offensive collateral estoppel to bar him from relitigating, for purposes of the felony murder…