OPINION
BILLINGS, Presiding Judge:
¶1 Defendant Billy Frank Spillers appeals his conviction for first degree murder, in violation of Utah Code section 76-5-203. See Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-203 (1999). Defendant asserts that the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of manslaughter and by excluding evidence of the victim's criminal past. We reverse and remand.
BACKGROUND
¶2 On...
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