State v. Friday

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nuss, C.J.:

We granted Shanna Fridays petition for review of the Court of Appeals decision affirming her conviction and sentence for second-degree unintentional murder stemming from the beating of Jeny Deshazer. The issues on appeal, and our accompanying holdings, are as follows:

1. Did the prosecutor commit misconduct during her argument? Yes, but harmless error.

2. Did the district court err in refusing to instruct the juiy on self-defense? No.

3. Did the district court err in instructing the jury on aiding and abetting? No.

4. Did the district court err…