State v. Gettys

STEELMAN, Judge.

Defendant failed to establish that it was plain error to admit his girlfriend’s statement that she was scared he would beat her. The trial court did not err in submitting the charge of felony first-degree murder to the jury because there was sufficient evidence of the underlying robbery. Defendant was not prejudiced by the trial court’s refusal to instruct on the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter because the trial court submitted the charge of second-degree murder to the jury. Defendant failed to establish that it was plain error to give the pattern jury…