Allaben v. State

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Appellant Dennis Allaben was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault with intent to murder, battery, simple battery, and reckless conduct in connection with the strangulation death of his wife, Maureen Allaben.1 The felony murder verdict was vacated by operation of law, and the trial court entered a judgment of conviction only for malice murder, merging the remaining verdicts into that conviction. On appeal, Allaben contends, among other things, that the jury returned mutually exclusive verdicts. Because we conclude that the guilty verdict on…