State v. Pinder

DURRANT, Justice:

¶ 1 John R. Pinder was convicted on eleven felony counts in connection with the murders of June Flood and Rex Tanner. Pinder appeals those convictions and claims that a new trial is warranted because (1) the State failed to satisfy its constitutional obligation to disclose exculpatory evidence to the defense, (2) the trial judge made several erroneous evi-dentiary rulings, (3) a jury instruction failed to adequately inform the jury that the State had the burden to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt the affirmative defense of compulsion, and (4) new evidence uncovered after…