State v. Reynolds

EXUM, Justice.

The questions raised by this appeal are whether the trial court erred by: (1) instructing the jury on the implication of malice and unlawfulness from the use of a deadly weapon; (2) admitting evidence that defendant committed crimes other than the one for which he was tried; (3) admitting evidence of a prosecution witness’s “feelings” about defendant; and (4) admitting ballistics evidence. We conclude no error warranting a new trial was committed.

Evidence presented by the state tended to show the following:

On 25 July 1980 at approximately 6 p.m., defendant arrived at Uncle…