State v. Rodriguez
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first-degree felony murder for the death of his five-month-old son. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction, holding that the district court judge (1) did not clearly err by failing to instruct sua sponte on reckless second-degree murder and reckless involuntary manslaughter, as the instructions would not have been factually appropriate at trial; (2) did not clearly err by giving a jury instruction on child abuse; (3) did not err by admitting gruesome autopsy photographs, as the photographs were probative and not unduly prejudicial; and (4) did not err by denying Defendant's motion for a new trial.
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