McBride v. State

CASE, JAMES R., Associate Senior Judge.

Jarvis McBride seeks review of his judgment and sentence for manslaughter and providing a false name, but his issues on appeal relate solely to the manslaughter conviction. McBride argues that the trial court abused its discretion in giving a principals jury instruction and in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal. We reverse based on the second argument.

On April 13, 2005, at approximately 9 p.m., Annie Hicks heard gunshots coming from the neighboring duplex. Hicks’ grandson, Cornelius Hicks, lived in the neighboring duplex next to a man named…