People v. Barnard

Opinion by

Judge DAVIDSON.

Defendant, Eric L. Barnard, appeals from the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict of first degree murder after deliberation We affirm.

Defendant, the victim, and several friends went to meet a drug dealer. When they got out of the ear to wait for the dealer, one friend told defendant the victim was a "narc" and dared defendant to shoot him. The victim reached for his pocket, and defendant then shot him.

The police investigation focused on the vie-tim's circle of friends. Sometime after the murder, the police learned that one of the victim's friends, who was…