State v. Myers

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant's murder conviction, concluding that the exclusion of additional third-party culpability evidence was, at most, nonconstitutional evidentiary error that the defendant failed to show was harmful. The court also held that the trial court acted within its discretion in denying a mistrial based on questioning that allegedly shifted the burden of proof because the questioning was not prejudicial and the court repeatedly instructed the jury that the state bore the burden of proof.