Wilson v. State

ERVIN, Judge.

Tyree Wilson appeals his conviction for first degree murder, contending that the trial court erred in taking judicial notice of the grand jury’s return of a no-true bill as to witness Michael Morning and in violating the rule of sequestration of witnesses. We reverse and remand for new trial as to the first issue, because the grand jury information *980was irrelevant and prejudicial, and thus do not reach the second.

The evidence presented at trial revealed that Wilson possessed a handgun the day of the crime and told friends repeatedly that he desired to shoot someone. One of the…