State v. Neuman

McGRAW, Justice:

This is an appeal by Mark Stewart Neu-man from a final judgment order entered in the Circuit Court of Mercer County following a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree murder, but recommending mercy. Because we agree with the Appellant that the circuit court erred in allowing introduction of evidence of the victim’s peacefulness and in not ascertaining whether the Appellant had properly waived his right to testify, the judgment of the circuit court is reversed and the case remanded for a new trial. 1

David Reid, a Concord College student, was shot on November 15, 1985,…