State v. Harris

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves the propriety of two rulings by the trial court during the trial of defendant Rosetta Harris on a murder charge.

Charles Frondle and defendant were in an apartment, where defendant resided with one Isaac Pledge. The State and defendant disagree about the circumstances leading up to the shooting involved but not about the shooting itself. As to the latter, defendant and the State agree that defendant shot Frondle in the back with a shotgun and that he died as a result.

The State claims and adduced proof that previous to the incident, Frondle and defendant…