BOIS, J.
Following a jury trial, the defendant, John E. Little, was convicted of the second degree murder of his wife. See RSA 630:1-b. On appeal, he assigns as error the Trial Court's (Goode, J.) refusal to give a requested jury instruction: (1) that the jury was to use a subjective test in determining whether sufficient provocation existed to reduce his offense to manslaughter; and (2) that the jury could recommend that the court act with mercy in...
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