Fallon v. State
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of voluntary manslaughter, holding that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction and that the district court did not err when it instructed the jury on voluntary manslaughter.
Defendant was charged with second-degree murder. The jury acquitted Defendant of the charge and found him guilty of the lesser-included offense of voluntary manslaughter. It also found Defendant guilty of aggravated assault and battery. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the district court correctly instructed the jury on voluntary manslaughter, and there was the minimal evidentiary support necessary to show Defendant acted in a sudden heat of passion; and (2) the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's verdict.
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