State v. Johnson

Bethel, Justice.

**237Following a trial resulting in a guilty verdict on charges arising out of the death of Brandon Scott and the trial court's grant of **238Appellee John Johnson's motion for new trial,1 the State appeals.2 At issue in this appeal is whether the trial court should have given an unrequested jury instruction on accomplice corroboration and whether a new trial should have been ordered. The State argues that a new trial should not have been granted because an instruction on accomplice corroboration is not clearly required where a witness other than the accomplice introduces an…