Hainey v. State

BERGER, Justice.

This is Jason Hainey’s direct appeal from his convictions of first degree murder and several related charges. He argues that there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict. In addition, he challenges: (i) the trial court’s failure to give a limiting instruction with respect to evidence that Hainey possessed a revolver at the time of a police search in an unrelated incident; and (ii) the trial court’s decision to exclude evidence of a witness’s prior conviction. After carefully reviewing the record, we are satisfied that there is sufficient evidence to support…