State v. Mattison

HUFF, J.:

Amos Lamont Mattison was convicted of murder, assault and battery with intent to kill (ABIK), and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. The trial court sentenced Mattison to life imprisonment without parole on the murder charge, one year consecutive on the weapon charge, and twenty years concurrent on the ABIK charge. Mattison appeals, asserting the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury that prior knowledge a crime was to be committed is insufficient to establish guilt and that mere association with a person who commits a crime is insufficient…