Leaders v. State

OPINION

Larry James Leaders was convicted, by jury verdict, of second degree murder and sentenced to fifty (50) years in the Nevada State Prison. He has perfected this appeal contending the trial court erred in (1) not instructing the jury properly and (2) denying his motion for mistrial.

1. In support of his first contention Leaders alleges he was entitled to have the jury instructed that the element of malice inherent in the crime of murder may be negated by a showing of voluntary intoxication, thus reducing his crime to either voluntary or involuntary manslaughter. 1 This is not, and has…