Berks v. State

RITA W. GRUBER, Judge.

| ¶Appellant Jonathan Berks was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder and aggravated residential burglary in connection with the beating death of his neighbor, Wallace Taylor. The jury recommended consecutive sentences of thirty years’ imprisonment on each count, which the trial court imposed. On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court erred in (1) denying his motion for directed verdict; (2) certifying a witness as an expert without conducting a Daubert/Foote hearing; (3) denying his motion in limine to exclude the finding that sexual-abuse allegations he…