State v. Mattison

How courts have described this case

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• holding when reviewing jury charges for error, the appellate court must consider the trial court's jury charge as a whole in light of the evidence and issues presented at trial
• stating appellate courts should “consider the court’s jury charge as a whole in light of the evidence and issues presented at trial”
• holding when reviewing a jury charge for error, an appellate court must consider the jury charge as a whole in light of the evidence and issues presented at trial, and it will reverse the trial court's decision regarding a jury charge only if the trial court abused its discretion
• “A jury charge is correct if, when the charge is read as a whole, it contains the correct definition and adequately covers the law.”
• \An appellate court will not reverse the trial [court]'s decision regarding a jury charge absent an abuse of discretion.\
• \An appellate court will not reverse the trial [court]'s decision regarding a jury charge absent an abuse of discretion.\

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