State v. Taylor

PHILLIP R. GARRISON, Judge.

Paul R. Taylor (“Appellant”) was charged by information with murder in the second degree, a violation of Section 565.021. 1 Following trial by jury, he was convicted of the lesser-included offense of involuntary manslaughter, a violation of Section 565.024. Having found him to be a prior offender under Section 558.016, the trial court sentenced Appellant to seven years imprisonment.

In his sole point on appeal, Appellant charges that the trial court plainly erred in submitting to the jury instructions on the lesser-included offenses of voluntary manslaughter and…