M.G.M. Construction Corp. v. New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority

How courts have described this case

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• noting that appellant had “cite[d] no precedent” requiring the instruction at issue
• “It is error to fail to give a jury instruction on accomplice liability where there is slight evidence supporting a finding that a witness was an accomplice.”
• “An error is plain if it is clear or obvious under current law. An error cannot be plain where there is no controlling authority on point.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• where the evidence showed the co-defendants acted in concert, severance was not required where the co-defendants blamed the defendant for the shooting and claimed that they were not present during or did not participate in the murder
• where the 16 evidence showed the co-defendants acted in concert, severance was not required where the co-defendants blamed the defendant for the shooting and claimed that they were not present during or did not participate in the murder

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).