People v. Mozee

LOHR, Justice.

The defendant, Elmer E. Mozee, Jr., appeals from his judgment of conviction for first degree assault,1 which was determined to be a crime of violence.2 Mozee asserts that the trial court erred by failing to advise him before he took the stand during his jury trial that he had the right not to testify. Mozee also argues that the statutes under which he was sentenced violate his constitutional rights to equal protection of the laws. Finally, Mozee contends that the trial court’s instruction to the jury on crime of violence was fatally flawed. We find no merit in the first two…