People v. Huckleberry

TURSI, Judge.

The defendant, John Francis Huckleberry, appeals a judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree murder after deliberation. Defendant asserts the trial court erred: (1) by failing to give an instruction on the affirmative defense of alibi; (2) by refusing individual voir dire on the jurors’ exposure to pretrial publicity; and (3) by admitting hearsay statements of the victim. We reverse.

The victim was the defendant’s wife. Her body was found lying in the snow near her car. The scene suggested she had been changing a flat tire on her car by…