Boyer v. State

In this review the defendant claims that the trial court, under the rules of evidence and constitutional due process, erroneously excluded from the evidence police reports which contained exculpatory information; that it was error not to instruct the jury on third-degree murder and homicide by reckless conduct; that evidence is insufficient to support the guilty verdicts as to first-degree murder and attempted arson; and that a new trial should be granted in the interest of justice. We affirm the judgment and the order.

Verona Blessinger was a seventy-three year old woman who lived by herself…