State v. Garcia

OPINION

BRAMMER, Judge.

¶ 1 Following a jury trial, Robert C. Garcia was convicted of second-degree murder. The trial court sentenced him to a partially mitigated, thirteen-year prison term. On appeal, he contends the court committed fundamental error in instructing the jury.

¶ 2 The facts of the crime are not relevant to the issue on appeal. The trial court instructed the jury on the elements of first- and second-degree murder and manslaughter, all of which were supported by the evidence. Garcia contends the court’s instructions “misstated the law and prevented the jury from properly…