State v. Hayes

VICTOR C. HOWARD, Judge.

James Robert Hayes, Sr., appeals from his convictions of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action. Hayes raises the following thirteen points on appeal: 1) there was no substantial evidence to support the guilty verdict; 2) the jury instruction and verdict on involuntary manslaughter concerned an uncharged crime; 3) the State improperly commented on his refusal to testify against or incriminate himself; 4) the court improperly prevented him from calling a witness to explain the circumstances of his supposed refusal to testify against or incriminate himself;…