Dixon v. State (Majority, with Dissenting)
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court convicting Appellant of murder in the first degree and battery in the first degree, holding that the circuit court did not err when it denied Appellant's request to instruct the jury as to the lesser-included offenses of murder in the second degree, extreme emotional distress manslaughter, and battery in the second degree.
Specifically, the Court held (1) the circuit court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to give Appellant's proffered second-degree murder instruction because there was no rational basis for doing so; (2) the court did not abuse its discretion by deciding not to give the extreme emotional disturbance manslaughter instruction; and (3) the circuit court did not err when it refused to instruct the jury as to second-degree battery.
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