Hopkins v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant Anthony Hopkins was convicted of two counts each of attempted murder, robbery, and confinement for his participation in a robbery and shooting. We reverse one attempted murder convietion because the jury was not adequately instructed on the requisite intent to kill needed to be guilty of that erime. In affirming all the other convictions, we find the evidence sufficient to support one of the attempted murder counts and no double jeopardy bar to the robbery and confinement convictions.

Background

The facts most favorable to the judgment indicated that in the early…