State v. Brownlee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BEIER, J.:

Defendant Gustin Brownlee appeals his jury trial convictions of first-degree premeditated murder and criminal possession of a firearm, which arose out of the fatal shooting of Tony “Black” Irvin at a party in April 2012. Brownlee contends that (1) *493his statutory right to a speedy trial was violated, necessitating dismissal of this case; (2) the juiy should have been instructed on the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter; (3) the prosecutor committed misconduct during closing argument; (4) a mistrial or a new trial was necessary…