Morgan v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted and sentenced for the 1993 felony murder of the victim. On appeal, defendant contended that the trial court improperly curtailed the jury's consideration of a voluntary manslaughter conviction as a possible alternative to convicting him of felony murder. The court held that nothing in the recharge suggested that the jury was required to acquit defendant of malice murder and felony murder before considering whether he committed voluntary manslaughter. Moreover, when the jury initially returned the handwritten verdict sheet not showing a verdict on voluntary manslaughter, the trial court instructed the jury on how to return such a verdict if it so desired. Therefore, there was no Edge v. State violation and the court affirmed the judgment.
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