OPINION
WOOD, Acting Chief Judge.
Defendant was charged and convicted of voluntary manslaughter, which requires an intent to kill or do great bodily harm. U.J. I.Crim. 2.21, N.M.S.A. 1978 (1981 Cum. Supp.). The trial court prohibited defendant from presenting testimony that she lacked this requisite intent. We agree with defendant that the trial court erred.
Defendant and decedent had been acquainted most of their lives. Defendant's husband of approximately...
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