Davenport v. State

BOEHM, Justice.

John William Davenport was convicted of the murder of Donna Hess and sentenced to sixty-five years imprisonment. In this direct appeal, he contends that: (1) the trial court abused its discretion in admitting inadmissible hearsay; (2) the trial court abused its discretion in refusing instructions on circumstantial evidence and the lesser included offense of reckless homicide; (3) the trial court erred during jury deliberations in failing to provide the jury with a transcript of the testimony of a witness; and (4) there was insufficient evidence of murder. We affirm the judgment…