State v. Cole

ANDREW JACKSON HIGGINS, Special Judge.

Appeal from judgment on convictions by a jury of murder, second degree, and assault with intent to kill with malice aforethought. In question: the sufficiency of evidence to establish the requisite mental state; admission of evidence of the victims’ family status, and a photograph of the crime scene; instruction on voluntary intoxication; failure to give tendered instructions on diminished responsibility, and failure to declare mistrial on the State’s argument. Affirmed.

This case arose from the shooting of two police officers in defendant’s home at 7434…