State v. Harris

Summary

The court affirmed Harris's convictions, holding that the police officers' courtroom presence did not constitute a fundamental failure depriving him of a fair trial and that the district court properly denied a mistrial and new trial. It also held that Harris was not entitled to self-defense or attempted voluntary manslaughter instructions because no direct or circumstantial evidence supported a subjective belief that deadly force was necessary. Finally, the court rejected Harris's claims of prosecutorial error, concluding that the prosecutor accurately described the lesser offenses in context and did not impermissibly comment on Harris's failure to testify.