State v. LaPlante

The question presented herein is whether a criminal defendant charged with attempted murder, who requests a jury instruction on the “lesser included” offense of attempted manslaughter and is found guilty of that offense, may then appeal his conviction on the grounds that the crime of attempted manslaughter does not exist. The Superior Court {Loughlin, J.) denied the defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and for release, and transferred his exceptions thereto to this court. For the reasons which follow below, we affirm.

The defendant argues that the offense of “attempted manslaughter” is…