State v. Susan Marie Sciacca

OPINION

Sherry Radack, Chief Justice

This is a State’s appeal from the trial court’s order granting a new trial based on appellee Susan Marie Sciacca’s assertion of jury charge error. Because we find that error, if any, in the jury charge was harmless, we reverse the trial court’s order granting Sciacca’s motion for new trial.

BACKGROUND

The Confrontation between Leazer and Sciacca

On January 17, 2014, John Leazer had lunch with his wife, and then took her back to work and left to go deposit a check at his bank. On the way to the bank, he attempted to change lanes from the center to the right so…