EXUM, Justice.
The question dispositive of this appeal is whether the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on involuntary manslaughter as a possible verdict. Concluding that it did, we order a new trial.
I.
The victim, Rudolph Saunders, died on 20 November 1982 from a stab wound to the chest which he suffered during a struggle with defendant in the home of Janie Richardson. Other than the deceased, three people, including defendant,...
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