State v. Mead

¶ 1. Defendant was convicted of attempted second-degree murder following a jury trial. He appeals that conviction on four grounds: (1) a State’s witness and a juror had improper contact during trial; (2) the trial court admitted excerpts of defendant’s testimony at a relief-from-abuse (RFA) hearing at which defendant was not represented by counsel; (3) the trial court admitted evidence of prior bad acts of defendant; and (4) the jury charge did not require the jury to identify which gunshot supported its conviction. We affirm.

¶ 2. The facts, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to…