Davis v. State

OPINION

BAILEY, Judge.

Case Summary

Appellant-Defendant, Johnny Davis (“Davis”), appeals his conviction of Murder. 1 We affirm.

Issues

Davis raises two issues on appeal which we restate as:

I. Whether the doctrines of double jeopardy and collateral estoppel bar Davis’s retrial for murder of Kenneth Anderson.

II. Whether the trial court properly denied Davis’s proffered jury instruction.

Facts

The facts most favorable to the judgment indicate that on August 20, 1995, an argument arose between the Davis children and the Anderson children, whose families lived in the same neighborhood.' Vallie Davis, the…