Where a defendant challenged his conviction for assault in the first degree, the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on second-degree assault based on sudden passion because the instruction was supported by the evidence, so the cause ...

Tagged with: Assault jury instructions Sudden Passion

  (1)Where defendant challenged his convictions for first-degree and second-degree murder, the trial court erred by refusing to submit a proposed instruction that instructed on the lesser-included offenses of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter because there was sufficient evidence from ...

Tagged with: Closing Arguments Criminal Law jury instructions Sudden Passion