State v. Fletcher

HOLOHAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of one count of first degree murder and one count of first degree burglary. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for 25 years on the murder count and to a concurrent term of 7.5 years on the burglary count. We have jurisdiction pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-4031.

On appeal, appellant presents three issues:

1.. Was it reversible error for the trial judge to refuse to declare a mistrial on the murder count when it appears that the jurors were deadlocked as to that count?

2. Were the supplemental jury instructions, submitted to…