State v. Williams

Introduction

SHERRI B. SULLIVAN, J.

Lloyd G. Williams (Defendant) appeals from a judgment of conviction of and sentence for first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Defendant alleges trial court error in failing, sua sponte, to submit to the jury a lesser-included offense instruction and to correct the prosecutor’s improper argument regarding Defendant’s potential to commit future violent acts and in sentencing Defendant as a persistent offender after having found him to be only a prior offender. We affirm as modified.

Factual and Procedural Background

Defendant does not challenge the…