Harris v. State

— The defendant, Virginia Jo Harris, was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to fifteen to twenty-five years’ imprisonment. Upon her appeal to this Court, she raises four issues for our review:

1. Did the state produce sufficient evidence to show that the defendant did not act in self-defense ?

2. Was the evidence sufficient to support the existence of malice ?

3. Did the trial court err in refusing to give the defendant’s instruction on circumstantial evidence?

4. Did the trial court err in allowing the jury to see and hear certain items of evidence again after deliberations had…