State v. Mason

NATURE OF CASE

Rodney Mason appeals his convictions and sentences in Lancaster County District Court for first degree murder and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony. Mason assigns error to, inter alia, the trial court’s refusal to give certain requested instructions with respect to the testimonies of the State’s main witnesses against him and to the trial court’s disposition of his challenge to the testimony of the State’s firearms expert. We affirm Mason’s convictions and sentences.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

On July 31, 2003, the State filed an information charging Mason with first degree murder…