This appeal requires consideration of the proper procedure to be utilized by a jury, and accordingly the instructions which should be given a jury, when it is presented with alternative primary criminal offenses and the possibility of a lesser included offense as to one of the alternative primary offenses. We conclude that the jury should be instructed that it need reach the issue of the lesser included offense...
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