State v. Goodwin

STROUD, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of second degree murder and attempted first degree murder. Defendant appeals. The issues before this Court are whether the trial court erred in not giving the jury an instruction on imperfect self-defense and in calculating defendant’s prior record level. For the following reasons, we find no prejudicial error.

I. Background

The State’s evidence tended to show the following: On the evening of 6 January 2005, Kentrell Lamar Coleman (“Coleman”) went to 214 Morgan Place to pick up several ounces of cocaine. Coleman entered the house with Alicia…