State v. Neal

ROBERT S. BARNEY, Judge.

Neldon Neal (“Appellant”) appeals the sentence and judgment of the trial court entered after a jury found him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of voluntary manslaughter, a violation of section 565.023. 1 Appellant was sentenced by the trial court as a prior and persistent offender to life imprisonment. 2 Appellant asserts four points of trial court error. The first three points relied on posit instructional error on the part of the trial court and the fourth point relied on alleges an evidentiary error. In that we reverse and remand on the basis of instructional error,…