State v. Baker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Rosen, J.:

Lynwood Baker appeals his conviction for first-degree premeditated murder for the shooting death of Gerard Fields, claiming that (1) the trial court erroneously allowed a police officer to testify regarding the credibility of another witness; (2) the jury should have been instructed about sympathy; (3) the jury should have been instructed on assisted suicide as a lesser included offense; (4) the trial court improperly excluded evidence of Baker’s defense; (5) the prosecutor committed misconduct during the examination of a witness and closing…