State v. Brummall

HOWARD, Judge.

Marcus L. Brummall appeals from his convictions of one count of murder in the second degree, § 565.021,1 and one count of armed criminal action, § 571.015. Brum-mall raises two points on appeal. First, he contends the trial court erred in refusing to submit his offered instructions for the lesser-included offenses of voluntary and involuntary manslaughter, in that the evidence presented at trial provided a basis for an acquittal of both murder in the first degree and murder in the second degree, and a conviction of either voluntary manslaughter or involuntary manslaughter.…