Edwards v. State

OPINION

SULLIVAN, Judge.

Seottie Edwards appeals his conviction for Attempted Murder. 1 He presents three issues for our review, which we restate as:(1) whether the trial court gave an erroneous jury instruction regarding the requisite mens rea for attempted murder;(2) whether the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of Battery; 2 and(3) whether defendant’s statement to police should have been admitted.

Finding the first issue to be dispositive, we reverse Edwards’s conviction. However, as the remaining two issues are likely to resurface upon retrial,…