State v. Childers

HEARN, C.J.:

William Larry Childers, Jr. was convicted of murder, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature (ABHAN), and discharging a firearm into a dwelling. The trial judge imposed a sentence of life imprisonment for murder and concurrent terms of ten years imprisonment each for ABHAN and discharging a firearm. Childers appeals. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

FACTS

Childers was estranged from the victim, his former live-in girlfriend, at the time of the victim’s death. Though the victim and her children were living with her mother, Childers testified the couple was…