State v. Hunter

¶1 Kenneth Miles Hunter appeals his second degree murder conviction in the death of Ethel Jean Sergeant. He claims that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a trigger pull device and requiring the jurors to use the device to demonstrate the alleged pull necessary to fire Hunter’s gun. He also argues that the trial court erred in refusing to give Hunter’s proposed jury instructions on the two lesser included offenses of first and second degree manslaughter. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

FACTS

¶2 On January 17, 2000, Hunter placed a telephone call to 911 from the Tacoma…