Williams v. State

OPINION

NAJAM, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Following a jury trial, Marlin A. Williams was convicted of Murder, and the trial court sentenced Williams to an enhanced sixty-year term. Williams appeals his conviction and raises the following restated issues for our review:

1. Whether the trial court erred when it refused to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offenses of Reckless Homicide and Involuntary Manslaughter.

2. Whether the trial court erred when it twice refused to declare a mistrial, or at a minimum question the entire jury, after a witness commented about Williams' polygraph test…