State v. Crisp

HEDRICK, Judge.

Defendant contends the court erred to his prejudice in submitting to the jury the possible verdict of involuntary manslaughter. Resolution of this question requires a two-step analysis: (1) whether the evidence in the record will support a verdict of involuntary manslaughter, and (2) if not, whether erroneous submission of the possible verdict was prejudicial error.

Our Supreme Court had defined involuntary manslaughter as “the unintentional killing of a human being without either express or implied malice (1) by some unlawful act not amounting to a felony or naturally dangerous…