State v. Bruny

Summary

Justice Ecker concurred in the judgment affirming the defendant’s murder conviction and joined parts I, II, and IV of the majority opinion. The concurrence would hold that the trial court abused its discretion by denying the defendant’s timely request for a special credibility instruction concerning a jailhouse informant who sought favorable treatment, but would find the error harmless because the informant’s motive was thoroughly exposed and his testimony was not central to the case. The concurrence also explains why the procedural posture made the prior decision involving an unrequested instruction inapposite.