PEOPLE v. KURR

Docket No. 228016.

654 N.W.2d 651 (2002)

253 Mich. App. 317

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jaclyn Louise KURR, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided October 4, 2002, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication December 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, James J. Gregart, Prosecuting Attorney, and Heather S. Draves, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender by Gail Rodwan, for the defendant on appeal.

Before: METER, P.J., and MARKEY and OWENS, JJ.


METER, P.J.

Defendant, who killed her boyfriend, Antonio Pena, with a knife, appeals as of right from her conviction by a jury of voluntary manslaughter, M.C.L. § 750.321. The trial court sentenced her as a fourth-offense habitual offender, M.C.L. § 769.12, to five to twenty years' imprisonment. Defendant argues on appeal that she should have been allowed a jury instruction regarding the defense of others because the jurors could have concluded that she...

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