Kenneth Bernard Laws v. State

Kenneth Bernard Laws appeals his judgment and sentence after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder, robbery with a firearm while masked, conspiracy to commit robbery with a firearm while masked, and three counts of false imprisonment with a firearm. The charges arose from a robbery resulting in the shooting death of the store owner. Laws argues that the trial court erred by (1) excluding photographs and testimony of a defense witness, (2) giving the standard jury instruction on principals when conspiracy was one of the charged crimes, and (3) denying his motion for judgment of…