State v. Hickey

MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant has brought forward several assignments of error in which she contends that: (1) the trial court committed reversible error in denying her motions to preclude the State from proceeding on a first degree murder charge; (2) the trial court erred in failing to appoint an investigator to aid in her defense; (3) the trial court committed reversible error in refusing her request for jury instructions on the lesser included offenses of second degree murder and involuntary manslaughter; (4) portions of the prosecutor’s closing arguments were grossly improper and…