Brown v. State

1 jAppellant Dustin Wayne Brown was charged in Garland County Circuit Court with the first-degree murder of David Hal-pin. 1 Appellant was accused of being an accomplice to Steven Curtiss. A jury convicted Brown of manslaughter, enhancing the conviction based on the use of a firearm in the commission of this felony. Appellant raises two arguments on appeal for reversal: (1) that the trial court erred in not directing a verdict in his favor at the close of the State’s case; and (2) that the trial court erred with regard to jury instructions in failing to give AMI-Criminal 404 and in giving…