State v. Randolph

Upon conviction for second degree murder defendant was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. For error on appeal she assigns a jury instruction and the district court’s refusal to place her on probation.

Jury instruction No. 9 on criminal intent concluded as follows: “If the State has failed to establish * * * that the defendant’s conduct was purposeful rather than accidental, your verdict will be ‘not guilty.’ ” Defendant contends that the court ought to have expanded the language relating to accident. She requested no instruction. A special instruction to the jury on a particular phase of the…