STATE v. JACKSON

No. 5758.

660 P.2d 120 (1983)

99 N.M. 478

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Perry JACKSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

January 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Bardacke, Atty. Gen., Anthony Tupler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

John B. Bigelow, Chief Public Defender, Michael Dickman, Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.


OPINION

DONNELLY, Judge.

The defendant, Perry Jackson, appeals from a judgment and sentence entered following a jury trial wherein he was charged with first degree murder and was convicted of the lesser included offense of second degree murder.

The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to submit to the jury defendant's requested instruction on the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter. We affirm.

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