Duke v. State

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A jury convicted Patrick Duke of aggravated assault after he shot Howard Taper. On appeal, Duke challenges the sufficiency and weight of the evidence. As he sees it, the jury got it wrong by not buying his version that he shot Taper in self-defense. But weight and credibility issues are for jurors to decide, not appellate judges. And here, the jury sifted through the conflicting testimony and resolved it against Duke.

¶ 2. Upon review, we find the evidence — which included Duke’s admission that he shot Taper after going to the park to confront him — was…