State v. DePriest

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Davis, J.:

This is a direct criminal appeal from first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder convictions. The defendant, Bryan K. DePriest, contends that the trial court erred: (1) by omitting the element of intent from the first-degree murder instruction, (2) by failing to give a lesser included offense instruction, and (3) by failing to give an accomplice instruction. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

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