State v. Coleman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Curtis Coleman, from his conviction of second-degree murder.

Two issues are presented on appeal. The first issue involves the trial court’s refusal to allow the testimony of three- witnesses who had not been endorsed by defense counsel prior to their being called to the stand. The unlisted witnesses’ testimony in part would have been that Curtis Taylor, not the defendant, shot and killed Tyrone Germany.

The second issue is whether the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on invbluntary…