State v. Carlin

GAUDIN, Judge.

Sixteen-year-old Errol J. Carlin, Jr. was found guilty of second degree murder by a jury in the 24th Judicial District Court. He had been charged with the June 2, 1986 fatal stabbing of Tobias Boteler after an argument over a radio.

On appeal, Carlin assigns four district court errors. He contends that the trial judge erred in:(1) admitting his (Carlin’s) recorded statement into evidence,(2) refusing to read a negligent homicide charge requested by the defense,

*1367(3) failing to change the verdict to manslaughter, and(4) recharging the jury in his (Carlin’s) absence.

Finding no…