State v. Carter

Summary

The court affirmed Carter's convictions for two counts of felony murder and related offenses, holding that the felony-murder instructions adequately required the jury to find the killings occurred during Carter's commission of the underlying felony. The court also held that the instructions properly stated that Carter or another could have killed the victims because all participants in felony murder are principals, regardless of who fired the fatal shot. The preserved instructional claims were reviewed for nonconstitutional harmless error, and the court found no instructional error.