State v. Teal

This case requires us to determine whether sufficient evidence existed to convict the defendant of first degree robbery where a “to convict” jury instruction referred only to the acts of the “defendant” and not to the acts of the “defendant or an accomplice.” The Court of Appeals concluded that, in reading the instructions as a whole, the jury could decide the defendant’s guilt or innocence as an accomplice to first degree robbery. The court held, however, that the defendant was entitled to a new trial because the jury was erroneously instructed on accomplice liability.1 We affirm.

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