People v. Shaw

QUINN, Justice.

The defendant, Robert William Shaw, who was convicted of second degree murder, section 18-3-103, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8), asserts in this appeal 1 several grounds for reversal, including the court’s refusal to submit the lesser offenses of reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide to the jury. We conclude that there was evidence to support the submission of these offenses to the jury and the court’s failure to do so constitutes reversible error requiring a new trial. Although this disposition renders it unnecessary. to consider other issues raised by the…