State v. Bonilla
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of murder as an accessory and felony murder. On appeal, Defendant argued that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction of murder as an accessory and that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury, sua sponte, on the defense of duress. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court, holding (1) the evidence was sufficient for the jury to find Defendant guilty of murder as an accessory; and (2) the trial court did not improperly fail to instruct the jury, sua sponte, on a defense of duress.
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