State v. Carson

*453CAMPBELL, J.

Defendant was convicted of attempted manslaughter in the first degree under an indictment for attempted murder.1 The issue for decision is whether the evidence of extreme emotional disturbance was sufficient to justify giving the state’s requested jury instruction on attempted manslaughter in an attempted murder prosecution. Defendant appealed to the Court of Appeals alleging the following assignments of error: The circuit court erred in giving instructions that were both contradictory and confusing; the instructions on Attempted Manslaughter were error in that the concept of…