MORSE, Justice.
Defendant was convicted by a jury for the second-degree murder of his 20-month-old daughter. 13 V.S.A. § 2301. On appeal, he claims that plain error was committed when the trial court instructed the jury on second-degree murder and manslaughter. He also contends his conviction was based upon insufficient evidence. We affirm.
On May 31, 1986, the day of the child's death, defendant's wife—the child's mother—took her to a flea...
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