Many v. State

BAILEY, JENNIFER D., Associate Judge.

Jean Junior Many appeals his conviction for attempted first degree murder and robbery with a firearm after trial by a jury which found him guilty as charged. He was sentenced to concurrent life sentences.

Many alleges that the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury on attempted manslaughter as a lesser-included offense to attempted first degree murder. The record reveals that the question of an attempted manslaughter instruction was raised by defense counsel during a preliminary, informal discussion of jury instructions. Subsequently, a formal…