Jivens v. State

Summary

The court affirmed Jivens’s convictions for malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. It held that the trial court did not plainly err by omitting a voluntary-manslaughter instruction, any error in admitting firearm-related photographs was harmless, the gang-affiliation and closing-argument claims were unpreserved, and the exclusion of evidence concerning the victim’s drug use was not an abuse of discretion.