Beavers v. State

The following issues have been raised on appeal:

I. Whether there was sufficient evidence to sustain a conviction for first-degree murder ?

II. Whether the state improperly anticipated and remarked upon the defendant’s defense in its opening statement to the jury?

III. Whether there was sufficient evidence to sustain the jury’s finding that defendant was free of mental disease or defect?

IV. Whether the trial court erred in refusing to permit defense counsel to use certain charts to assist him in making his opening statement to the jury in the sanity phase of the trial?

Y. Whether the defendant’s…