P. v. Coleman
Angry at her boyfriends decision to move out of their apartment, defendant Lena Renae Coleman shot him in the chest, telling him: If I cant have you, nobody can have you. Defendants boyfriend survived. A jury found defendant guilty of attempted murder and assault with a firearm. Sentenced to 32 years to life, defendant appeals, citing numerous alleged errors by the trial court: (1) admission of a tape recording of a 911 call, (2) denying defendants motion for a new trial based on juror misconduct, (3) denying defendants motion for a new trial based on a claim that a ballistics test should have been performed, (4) limiting defendants cross-examination of the victim, (5) failing to instruct on self-defense or voluntary manslaughter, and (6) giving an instruction on evidence of flight. Court affirm the judgment.
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