People v. Brown

Opinion by

Judge CONNELLY.

Defendant, Ezamika Brown, was convicted after a jury trial of attempted first degree murder and sentenced to forty-eight years in the custody of the Department of Corrections. His most significant appellate *735issue involves whether a defendant denying involvement in an offense may also seek lesser included offense instructions. We hold: (1) a claim of innocence does not disentitle a defendant to a lesser included offense instruction; but (2) it was not error on these facts to deny lesser included offense or voluntary intoxication instructions. We reject other claims of…