After both sides rested, defense counsel requested that the court charge manslaughter in the first degree as a lesser included offense of murder in the second degree on the ground that a reasonable view of the evidence supported the submission of such charge. The Trial Judge denied the application but informed counsel that he would reconsider if counsel raised additional arguments the following day, prior to charging the jury.
The following day, both sides delivered...
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