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DARROUX v. STATE

No. A-10658.

265 P.3d 348 (2011)

Josiah DARROUX, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

November 10, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane B. Martinez , Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Mary A. Gilson , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and John J. Burns , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and BOLGER, Judges.

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

In May 2007, during a confrontation at a barbecue, Josiah Darroux shot and killed James Brink, his girlfriend's cousin. Based on this incident, Darroux was indicted for second-degree murder. At the conclusion of Darroux's trial, the jury found that he had acted in the heat of passion, and so the jury convicted Darroux of the lesser offense of manslaughter.

In this appeal, Darroux does not contest his conviction, but he...

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