Burton v. State

John Frederick Burton appealed from his conviction for manslaughter, a violation of § 13A-6-3, Ala.Code 1975, and his sentence of 17 years in prison. Burton was originally indicted by a Mobile County grand jury for murder but was ultimately convicted of the lesser-included offense of manslaughter. Burton did not file any postjudgment motions. Burton preserved the trial court’s denial of his request for a jury charge on criminal negligence by objecting to the denial and stating his grounds for the instruction before the jury retired to deliberate. On appeal, this Court, in its unpublished…