Opinion ID: 2569354
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 14

Heading: Whether the trial court failed to instruct the jurors on the mental state elements of the two attempted murder charges.

Text: Harlan contends that he submitted instructions, which were refused, that would have informed the jury that in order to find him guilty of the attempted murder of Maloney and the attempted murder of Creazzo, they had to find that he intended to cause the death of Maloney and Creazzo, respectively, and that he acted after deliberation. Each attempted murder instruction, Guilt Phase Instruction Nos. 9 and 11, refers to Guilt Phase Instruction No. 13, which contains the elements for first degree murder after deliberation. We conclude that there was no reasonable likelihood that the jury would not have understood that they were required to find that Harlan intended to cause the deaths of Creazzo and Maloney.