State v. Moore

WYNN, Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Joshua Carien Moore appeals a jury conviction for voluntary manslaughter. We find no merit in his arguments on appeal.

At trial, the State presented evidence tending to show that on 8 July 2006, Defendant-Appellant Moore, then sixty-four years old, and his wife Carol Moore worked at their produce stand. The street-side stand consisted of a U-shaped configuration of tables arranged in front of Mr. Moore’s cargo truck. A cash box was bolted to a folding table, located behind the truck. Sometime that morning, the decedent, sixteen-year-old Emmanuel Harris,…