State v. Huddleston

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Luckert, J.:

In this direct appeal, Sharon Huddleston presents two arguments for reversing her conviction of premeditated first-*942degree murder. We reject both arguments. As to her first issue, although we agree the two prosecutors who made arguments to the jury misstated the law by suggesting premeditation could occur after a homicidal act, we conclude it is not reasonably probable that these misstatements affected the outcome of the trial given the strong evidence of premeditation, the jury instructions, and the prosecutors’ correct statements of the…