State v. Shim

This case involves two issues regarding the selection and instruction of the jury in a criminal murder trial. First, we must decide whether it is an abuse of discretion for the trial court to refuse to ask whether the venire panel harbored “such strong feelings concerning the violent death of another human being” that they would be “unable to render a fair and impartial verdict based solely on the evidence presented[.]” *40Second, we must decide whether it is an abuse of discretion for the trial court to give a “flight” instruction to the jury when the evidence only shows that the perpetrator…