P. v. Teitgen
Appellant was convicted, following two jury trials, of one count of first degree murder of a police officer engaged in the performance of his duties and two counts of attempted murder of a police officer. On appeal, he contends (1) the trial court erred when it refused to instruct the jury in the second trial on involuntary manslaughter; (2) the court erred when it refused to instruct the jury about the effects of prior threats by people associated with the victims; (3) the evidence in the second trial was insufficient to support his conviction for attempted murder; (4) the court erred, in the second trial, when it refused to admit a taped interview of an eyewitness who had died prior to trial; (5) the court erred when it allowed the prosecution to impeach appellants wifes credibility with evidence of matters occurring almost two years after the incident; (6) the court erred when it granted the prosecutions motion to exclude all evidence regarding an internal affairs investigation of a police officer witness; (7) the court erred when it excluded evidence related to appellants conduct when he learned of his wifes past affair with a police officer; (8) prosecutorial misconduct requires reversal; (9) judicial misconduct requires reversal; and (10) the cumulative effect of the errors requires reversal. Court affirm the judgment.
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