State v. Villanueva

ROMAN VILLANUEVA (SC 20869) Mullins, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria, Ecker, Alexander, Dannehy and Bright, Js. Syllabus Convicted of murder, carrying a pistol without a permit, and criminal posses- sion of a firearm in connection with the shooting death of the victim, the defendant appealed to this court. The defendant claimed that the trial court had deprived him of his constitutional right to present a defense by declining to instruct the jury on the adequacy of the police investigation into the victim’s murder. He also claimed that the trial court had violated his right to due process under…