State v. Skeens (Per Curiam Opinion)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to the penitentiary for a life term, without the possibility of parole. Defendant subsequently filed a motion for a judgment of acquittal or, in the alternative, for a new trial. The circuit court denied Defendant’s motion and reaffirmed that ruling in a final order. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction and sentence and the circuit court’s final order, holding (1) the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to give an instruction on voluntary manslaughter; and (2) the circuit court’s denial of Defendant’s motion for a change of venue was within the court’s discretion.
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