State v. Eldridge

DIXON, Judge.

Defendant appeals a conviction for manslaughter and a jury-imposed sentence of ten years.

Defendant claims in three separate points insufficiency of the evidence and in two other contentions that the court erred in instructing on capital murder and that the manslaughter instruction MAI-Cr 6.08 is erroneous as not requiring a finding of intent.

In a review of the denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal on the issue of sufficiency, the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the State and the State is entitled to all reasonable inferences from the evidence. Also,…