State v. Stills

OPINION

FRANCHINI, Chief Justice.

{1} Anthony Stills was convicted, following a jury trial, of felony murder under NMSA 1978, § 30-2-1 (A) (1994), child abuse under NMSA 1978, § 30-6-1(0) (1989), criminal sexual penetration in the first degree under NMSA 1978, § 30-9-ll(A) (1993), kidnapping under NMSA 1978, § 30-A-l (1973), and two counts of tampering with evidence under NMSA 1978, § 30-22-5 (1963), in the death of his stepdaughter Hollie Karr. He appeals his conviction on the bases that: DNA test results admitted at trial were inadmissible, the trial court improperly refused to instruct the…