State v. Riehl

The state charged defendant with, among other things, two counts of first-degree robbery. At trial, however, the court instructed the jury that it could consider second-degree robbery a lesser-included offense of the crimes charged. The jury found defendant guilty of two counts of second-degree robbery, and he was sentenced on those convictions. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in instructing the jury that it could consider second-degree robbery a lesser-included offense of the first-degree robbery counts with which he had been charged. We affirm.

We review the trial court’s…